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Funnel Weaver Spiders
Page Last Updated: June 17 2015
Family: Agelenidae (Funnel Weaver Spiders)
Genus: Agelenopsis
Species: Pennsylvanica?
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
3 species
Also known as Grass Spider - females build the web -
males spend much of their time wandering in search of a
mate
males spend much of their time wandering in search of a
mate
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Family: Agelenidae (Funnel Weaver Spiders)
Genus: Agelenopsis
Species: Pennsylvanica?
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Also known as Grass Spider - females build the web -
males spend much of their time wandering in search of a
mate
males spend much of their time wandering in search of a
mate
Family: Agelenidae (Funnel Weaver Spiders)
Genus: Tegenaria
Species: Agrestis
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Accidentally introduced from Europe to the Pacific
Northwest - steadily moving eastward
Northwest - steadily moving eastward
More Funnel Weaver Spiders
Updated March 22 2013
More Funnel Weaver Spiders
Updated March 22 2013
Family: Agelenidae (Funnel Weaver Spiders)
Genus: Tegenaria
Species: Agrestis
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Accidentally introduced from Europe to the Pacific
Northwest - steadily moving eastward
Northwest - steadily moving eastward
Funnel Weaver Spider - approx. 1.5 cm body - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - August 2007
Funnel Weaver Spider - approx. 1.5 cm body - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - September 2012
Hobo Spider - approx. 1.5 cm body - Leslie Spit - October 2007
Hobo Spider - approx. 1.5 cm body - Leslie Spit - October 2007
Family: Agelenidae (Funnel Weaver Spiders)
Genus: Tegenaria
Species: Domestica
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Barn Funnel Weaver Spider (female?) - approx. 1 cm body - Thorncliffe Park - June 2015
The male is typically much smaller than the female -
banding on legs (possibly faint) distinguishes T.
domestica from the Hobo Spider (see above) and the
Giant House Spider (Eratigena atrica)
banding on legs (possibly faint) distinguishes T.
domestica from the Hobo Spider (see above) and the
Giant House Spider (Eratigena atrica)