funnel weaver

On summer mornings after a heavy dew, a whole new world opens up on my lawn.  Funnel Weaver spiders, whose homes are usually invisible in the grass, suddenly appear.

Here is what I found out about them at http://bugguide.net/node/view/1974 :  There are several genera of funnel weaver, and the most commonly found in Canada is Agelenopsis (commonly referred to as "Grass Spiders") Their webs litter the grass in summer to early fall, and are really noticable after an early morning dew. The small brown spider is striped with their eight eyes in two rows. They also have two prominent hind spinnerets, the silk spinning organ. The female spins the web and lies in wait at the bottom of the funnel for small insects to land on the web.  The males spend their lives in search of a female to mate with, after which they die.  What a life!