Grass Spider
In June 2004, I saw this grass spider in an azalea bush going after an ant. The spider was not very large, maybe less than an inch long. I have seen many larger than that. This one stayed still long enough for a closeup. I had to shrink this picture to fit my webspace. (72 kb. jpeg)
Grass spiders are very common and make a sheet web that tapers into a funnel hole in which they hide from predators like birds, etc. I have dozens on my property.
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