#funnel weaver

[onenicebugperday]

Hello! Had a new neighbor move into my sliding door and was wondering if you could ID them :) (located in Indiana, US)

I can! It's a grass spider, Agelenopsis sp. Very lovely :)

[herpsandbirds]

hi do we know what this is… upper valley new hampshire… the only thing i know is that it’s in the genus coras !

Spider ID - New Hampshuh:

It is hard to give you a great ID, because of how dark the photos are, HOWEVER... I agree with you on the ID, a funnel weaver in the genus Coras, family Agelenidae. It looks to be a male (thin abdomen and bulbous pedipalp tips).

I cannot provide you an ID more specific than to conform your genus ID. Many of the spiders in this genus are similar in appearance.

A common spider in the NE US is C. medicinalis. This looks very much like a male medicinalis to me.

Coras (spider) - Wikipedia

Species Coras medicinalis - BugGuide.Net

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: JULY 11TH, 2025 | Image IDs: Four photos of a relatively large grey and beige/brown male funnel weaver spider in its web /End IDs.]

Charming fellow we got here!

[obisooth]

My sweet, precious, rage-filled 8-legged baby Sunflower passed away yesterday. I gave her 5 more months of life than she would have had. I loved her very much. I will miss her and her unrelenting desire to end my life because I had the audacity to exist in her general vicinity.

No matter the size or type of creature, the amount of love you can hold for them is limitless. She meant a lot to me. I mourn her like one would mourn a cat or dog.

Her and Matron helped a lot with getting through the initial stages of grief after my sister's passing - I drifted around like a ghost, but they helped give me purpose, a reason to get out of couch and exist in the world beyond myself. I told her and Matron 'good morning' every day.

She laid 2 egg clutches after I got her, but both weren't viable, though she guarded them diligently like a good mum. Her favourite foods were crickets and wax moths. She was wild caught from the apartment common hallway, age unknown because she was already mature. The next day maintenance came around and vacuumed, so I knew then that I saved her life. I hope her time with me was good for her.

The weeks leading up to her passing, her bum started becoming wonky. She wasn't retaining food very well and she was constantly dehydrated, despite drinking water. Her tiny body was shutting down, slowly, until the day before yesterday she was refusing water. She had barely eaten the cricket I gave her - the bolus was very intact and looked simply killed rather than eaten. She passed near her emotional support jerky.

November 5th, 2024 - April 10th, 2025

[miyrumiyru]

Flipping a spider like patty for underside

[the-bug-bl0g]

spider time of year

[beaut-ful-d-saster-1986]

Caught a funnel weaver! Look at her cute little face. :3

[northerlyy]

Grass Spider (Genus Agelenopsis), taken July 13, 2025, in Georgia, US

A very pretty funnel weaver watching in disdain as I stomp around her home in the tall grass. Most funnel weavers are very hard to ID to species, and I certainly know nothing about how to visually differentiate this genus, so genus-level it stays! This genus is quite aptly named, as these spiders are usually found in their funnel homes that they have created in tall grass. Their web consists of a flat, intricately designed platform out front with a funnel-shaped hole in the back that leads to the chamber the spider lives in. While sitting in the chamber, the spider is able to sense the movement of any animal that touches the webs outside. Any unlucky invertebrate who happens to get stuck will quickly be pounced on, secured to the web, and bitten. The spider then waits for the prey to be subdued before it cuts the web and brings its prey into the funnel home for eating. It's quite interesting to watch these spiders hunt—they appear in the blink of an eye at the feeling of a struggle!