Agalena

/æɡəˈliːnə/ noun

A genus of funnel-weaver spiders found in North America, known for building sheet webs in corners and dark spaces.

Modern scientific Latin, likely from Greek roots. The genus name was assigned by arachnologists (spider scientists) to classify these common household spiders in the family Agelenidae.

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