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Spider I gave a very &#039;informed&#039; title to this photo. LOL !!<br /> Sorry, I have no idea about the ID. I spotted a thick web near the bottom of the tree while I roamed through the buffered forest of Kanha, in Central India. I never expected this spider to come out. I think a leaf dropped on the web leading this spider to come out in anticipation of food. Geotagged,India,Kanha,indian,small,spider,web,wild,wildlife Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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I gave a very 'informed' title to this photo. LOL !!
Sorry, I have no idea about the ID. I spotted a thick web near the bottom of the tree while I roamed through the buffered forest of Kanha, in Central India. I never expected this spider to come out. I think a leaf dropped on the web leading this spider to come out in anticipation of food.

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  1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Amazing what kind of tunnel he has built. Very interesting. Posted 11 years ago
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    Jivko Nakev
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    At first glance this is what I found about these spiders: Funnel Weaver Spiders, family Agelenidae. Part of them are distributed worldwide. Now I am at work and have no time, but at evening I shall try to find more info.
    http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_funnel_weaver_Agelenopsis2.htm
    Beautiful shot!     Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
    1. View Mayur Kotlikar's profile
      Mayur Kotlikar
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      Thank you, I will try to explore further. I guess "Funnel" should have been my search criteria as well. Posted 11 years ago
      1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
        Jivko Nakev
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        In fact I started with "Tunnel"... Good luck, my friend! Posted 11 years ago
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    Jivko Nakev
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    Mayur, it seems there is already a spider from the same family uploaded here by Ferdy
    The Funnel of Death This photo is best appreciated fullscreen. I've been seeing spider webs in a tunnel shape quite frequently in my area but never with a spider in it until this day. This is the Agelena labyrinthica, a spider that builds a complex web system, where one part of the web is horizontal and used for catching prey, whilst the connected tunnel(or funnel) is for retreating. Check out how this species is excitingly feeding on a large pile of aphids. Agelena labyrinthica,Geotagged,Heesch,Macro,The Netherlands
     Posted 11 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Thank you for the reference. Indeed based on the web we can conclude it is a funnel web spider. That narrows it down to about 700 known species. By location we can get the numbers down even more, but it will still be a challenge.

      Beautiful shot really, the funnel web on this one is near-perfect, most ones that I saw are more messy.       Posted 11 years ago
  6. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Hello Mayur, I made some additional research and found the following sites. But still cannot ID your spider.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spiders_of_India#I._Family_Agelenidae_C.L._Koch.2C_1837
    http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8065974     Posted 11 years ago
  7. View DannyLong's profile
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    I did a bit of research and came up with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria
    Closest i could get otherwise was a Grass Funnel Web Spiders (Olorunia spp.)
    http://kenyanspiders.blogspot.com/2012/10/funnel-web-spiders-family-agelenidae.html     Posted 11 years ago
  8. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    Very good and interesting wildlife shot.
    The tunnel is so clear and the spider in the middle is a great bonus.     Posted 11 years ago

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Uploaded Apr 29, 2014. Captured in Chiraidongri - Kanhav Road, Khatia, Madhya Pradesh 481111, India.
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