Yes, one with an egg sac! She is very closely guarding it. Welcome Cynthia! This is a great place to learn about spiders and to memorize the species. In your bio you said you’re an arachnology student? We get photos of arachnids other than spiders but ID at more basic taxons than genus and species. This is considered guessing, not identifying, scientifically because we’re working from photos instead of specimens. A great site for localized info is Bugguide.net. You need an account to see specific location data. They have great charts and identification tips for arthropods.
This looks like a grass spider, genus Agelenopsis 🙂
Yes, one with an egg sac! She is very closely guarding it. Welcome Cynthia! This is a great place to learn about spiders and to memorize the species. In your bio you said you’re an arachnology student? We get photos of arachnids other than spiders but ID at more basic taxons than genus and species. This is considered guessing, not identifying, scientifically because we’re working from photos instead of specimens. A great site for localized info is Bugguide.net. You need an account to see specific location data. They have great charts and identification tips for arthropods.