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Agelenopsis unidentified species - No Common Name     AGELENIDAE Members: NC Records BugGuide Account Public View
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Vetting Levels
Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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species_comment The 5 Agelenopsis species reported from NC "resemble each other closely in general appearance. Even in the same species there is much variation in size and some in depth of color. Our [five] known species can only be distinguished with certainty only by a comparison of the genitalia." (Kaston, 1948)
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total_length The 5 species known to occur in NC range in size from 8-11mm (emertoni) to 16-20mm (naevia) for the females and 8-9mm (Kastoni) to 13-17mm (naevia) for the males
structural_features The family Agelenidae resembles wolf spiders (Lycosidae), but has a different eye pattern, and notably long spinnerets; furthermore, agelenid spiders form sheet capture webs, while the Lycosidae make no such web, being active hunters. A comparison of the genitalia of the 5 Agelenopsis species reported in NC can be found at http://zeppmusic.com/Agelenidae/Genitalia_illustrations/
silk_web Usually a non-sticky, horizontal sheet with a tubular retreat.
fld_guide_descriptions Agelenid species can be differentiated from other sheet web-making families by the following: Amaurobiidae and the NC Dictynidae are cribellate, which Agelenidae are not. They can also be differentiated by some other families (Cybaeidae, Hahniidae, and Miturgidae) by their particular spinneret sizes and arrangements.
online_photos https://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?user=&taxon=2001&description=&county=&city_location=&adult=0&immature=0&male=0&female=0&representative=1
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behavior The spiders are very sensitive to vibrations on their non-sticky webs, and rush out from their tubular retreats to seize prey. Those retreats are open on both ends, and they readily use the "rear exit" to avoid predators.
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adult_id 1 identifiable by photo 2 identifiable by photo of specific features and/or supplementary info 3 identifiable from specimen only
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distribution_comments Widespread, and species found coast-to-coast.
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<4,000 ft.
Regular
Frequent
Infrequent
Occasional
Seldom
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Piedmont
Regular
Frequent
Infrequent
Occasional
Seldom
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Coastal Plain
Regular
Frequent
Infrequent
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Seldom
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Photo Gallery for Agelenopsis unidentified species No common name

Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 003		Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 001
Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 001		Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 002
Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 003		Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: A specimen not previously submitted
Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: A specimen not previously submitted		Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 002
Recorded by: Steven Acesta
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Specimen 001		Recorded by: R. Newman
Carteret Co.
Comment: FOMA
Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
Comment: Collected this specimen. 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
Comment: Collected this specimen.
Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
Comment: Collected this specimen. 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
Comment: Collected this specimen.
Recorded by: David George
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin
McDowell Co.
Comment: There were several housed individually in leaf folds of Mountain Silverbells in an old-growth hardwood forest; probably utahana.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin
McDowell Co.
Comment: There were several housed individually in leaf folds of Mountain Silverbells in an old-growth hardwood forest; probably utahana.		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin
McDowell Co.
Comment: There were several housed individually in leaf folds of Mountain Silverbells in an old-growth hardwood forest; probably utahana.
Recorded by: David George
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: H. Quay
Orange Co.
Comment: OCMO - By larger pond @ -79.114543, 36.060825
Recorded by: R. Newman
Carteret Co.
Comment: FOMA - subadult male Id'd & spm retained as voucher by D.B. ZEPP		Recorded by: Steve Hall
Orange Co.
Comment: Adult male found at moth sheet
Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: body length roughly 10 mm		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: body length roughly 10 mm
Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: body length roughly 10 mm		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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