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I think it’s a wolf spider. I have some more pics of the “vortex” web
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- Submitted: Sep 4, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 4, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: East Troy, Wisconsin, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
After some discussion and comments, then research again, I am pretty sure it’s not a wolf spider but instead Agelenidae family, Agelenopsis genus
Hi. Correct, this is a grass spider. some few wolf spiders may have similar patterns, but a notable featureis the eye pattern. Wolf spiders are known to have larger median eyes, like this:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/397943
the funnel weaver family has a significantly different eye pattern, like this:
There are some variations with genus, the domestic house spider for example:
Another thing worth mentioning, is only one species of wolf spider is a web dweller like grass spiders.