FUNNEL-WEB WOLF SPIDERS
These wolf-spider relatives are funnel-web weavers. They
hide in the narrow end of a silk funnel that fans out
into a web, covering grass or plants. If an insect
wanders onto the web, the spider runs out of
the funnel and along the web to catch it.
male approaching female hiding in her funnel
Sosippus floridanus --
The colorful funnel-web spider below has just rushed
out of her funnel to grab a trespassing insect.
seen in rainforest of Ecuador
in Florida