Grass spiders belong to the Agelenopsis genus, which includes many species commonly found in North America. These funnel weavers are named for their distinctive funnel-shaped webs and are often ...

Certain types of funnel-web spiders (Hadronyche spp ... from the hobo spider to the grass spider and barn funnel weaver ...

Grass spiders belong to the Agelenopsis genus, which includes many species commonly found in North America. These funnel weavers are named for their distinctive funnel-shaped webs and are often found ...

This includes the Agelenidae family which are common in the United States and are often called funnel weaver spiders. As their name suggests, funnel webs are like a tube with a wide mouth.

An Australian spider enthusiast, Kane Christensen, has been part of a groundbreaking discovery with the identification of a new species of funnel-web spider. The new species, named Atrax ...

Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 inches) for the more common Sydney funnel-web. "This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot ...

Last week, a record-breaking Newcastle funnel-web spider was caught in the wild and presented to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. It was named Hemsworth after Chris Hemsworth, the ...