Comments & ID Thoughts
anyone know what this spider is ?
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- Submitted: Jul 27, 2021
- Photographed: Jul 24, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Glendalough, Ireland
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
It looks like a funnel-web spider
I didn’t think they were native to Ireland
Spider noob, I think you’re thinking of the infamous Australian Funnel-web spiders https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/02/worlds-deadliest-spider-the-sydney-funnel-web/ They are in a different family, Atracidae. I think yours is Agelena labyrinthica, which is a European species. I like the funnel-type webs, like the ones common Grass Spiders make. They can be quite sophisticated.
Yes, https://spiderid.com/spider/agelenidae/ family Agelenidae.