Grass Spider

Large almost 1foot wide web just above ground (a few inches), the funnel web entrance with owner inside. This is our dominant large ground predatory spider. We are next to a stream and in an oak hemlock wooded area. They are especially active in the evening when you can come across them running along the ground, foraging i presume. We have no ticks or other "nuisance species". Human disruption of ecosystems, oversimplifying them creates the over-dominance of nuisance species. Re-wilding returns the complex balance of nature which makes for a beautiful landscape THAT IS ALIVE (inlike urban zombie-lawnscapes).