Potter's Grass Spider
Agelenopsis potteri
Arachnida
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Annual
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Running
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Potter's Grass Spider is a funnel weaver spider native to North America and has been introduced to Ukraine, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan. These spiders are capable of spinning webs that are up to 10 meters wide, and they have been known to prey on the eggs of the European Starling.
Life cycle
- 1.egg sacA silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
- 2.juvenileA spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
- 3.subadultA near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
- 4.adultFully grown after its final molt.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Agelenidae
- Genus
- Agelenopsis
- Species
- Agelenopsis potteri