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Desert Grass Spider

Agelenopsis aperta

2,670 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 28, February 24, March 25, April 32, May 31, June 31, July 101, August 70, September 25, October 25, November 33, December 25.
United States572
California310
Colorado96
Texas50
Arizona38
Mexico30
New Mexico28
Nevada23
Utah17
Nuevo Leon17

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyFunnel Weavers · Agelenidae
GenusGrass Spiders · Agelenopsis

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