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title: "Desert Grass Spider"
description: "Agelenopsis aperta — Insectes et araignées. Agelenopsis aperta, also known as the desert grass spider or funnel-web spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Agelenidae and the genus Agelenopsis."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/desert-grass-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Desert Grass Spider

> Agelenopsis aperta — Insectes et araignées. Agelenopsis aperta, also known as the desert grass spider or funnel-web spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Agelenidae and the genus Agelenopsis.

- Scientific name: *Agelenopsis aperta*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prairies et champs), `desert` (Désert)
- iNaturalist observations: 2545
- Wikidata: [Q2121033](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2121033)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201680](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201680)

## Names

- en: Desert Grass Spider
- es: Araña rayada de tela de embudo

## Countries with the most observations

US (477), MX (49)

## Summary

Agelenopsis aperta, also known as the desert grass spider or funnel-web spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Agelenidae and the genus Agelenopsis. It is found in dry and arid regions across the southern United States and into northwestern Mexico. Their body is about 13–18 mm long and they have relatively long legs in order to run after their prey. Desert grass spiders can withstand very low temperatures even though they do not cold harden. It constructs the characteristic funnel-shaped webs in crevices where the funnel will fit, where they wait in the tube for prey which they can run after using…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelenopsis_aperta

## Photo

![Desert Grass Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-grass-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3687733

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-grass-spider?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).