Agelenidae
(Funnel Weavers)

The spider family Agelenidae, commonly known as Funnel Weavers, have been sighted 554 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Agelenidae includes 22 countries and 42 states in the United States. Agelenidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae

Common Name (AAS)

Funnel Weavers

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1837

Sightings Overview

There have been 554 confirmed sightings of Agelenidae (Funnel Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 26, 2019 by Spider ID member thehlb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 554 sightings because of certain Agelenidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 26% of the time, Agelenidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 437)
Sex: 50 female and 98 male.
Environment: Agelenidae has been sighted 170 times outdoors, and 299 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (97). Low foliage (18). High foliage (2). Ground layer (21). Under rock or debris (20). Open field, pasture, grassland (5). Forest (6). Cave (1).

Location and Range

Agelenidae (Funnel Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Agelenidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, None, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.