Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
They live in #9--they've written it in hair to the right of their porch--on the bottom floor of a high rise condominium overlooking the brickscape where the plums fall. Safely tucked away at the base of their water spout, they have sexy time. But unlike tarantulas, and many other species of arachnids, the female willingly lies on her side while the male stands over her and gently inserts sperm with his pedipalps.
"Agelenopsis is a genus of spiders, known as American grass spiders.[1] They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky, but these spiders make up for that shortcoming by running very rapidly. The larger specimens (depending on species) can grow to about 19 mm in body length. They may be recognized by the arrangement of their eight eyes into three rows. The top row has two eyes, the middle row has four eyes, and the bottom row has two eyes (spaced wider than the ones on the top row). They have two prominent hind spinnerets, somewhat indistinct bands on their legs, and two dark bands running down either side of the cephalothorax."
They live in #9--they've written it in hair to the right of their porch--on the bottom floor of a high rise condominium overlooking the brickscape where the plums fall. Safely tucked away at the base of their water spout, they have sexy time. But unlike tarantulas, and many other species of arachnids, the female willingly lies on her side while the male stands over her and gently inserts sperm with his pedipalps.
"Agelenopsis is a genus of spiders, known as American grass spiders.[1] They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky, but these spiders make up for that shortcoming by running very rapidly. The larger specimens (depending on species) can grow to about 19 mm in body length. They may be recognized by the arrangement of their eight eyes into three rows. The top row has two eyes, the middle row has four eyes, and the bottom row has two eyes (spaced wider than the ones on the top row). They have two prominent hind spinnerets, somewhat indistinct bands on their legs, and two dark bands running down either side of the cephalothorax."
