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Post by jamesp on Jul 9, 2017 12:50:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 12:54:09 GMT -5
Looks like a trapdoor spider to me. The hard crab like legs spoke to me.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 9, 2017 13:00:30 GMT -5
"Hadronyche is a genus of venomous spiders found in Australia."
No way it could it be an Australian Funnel Web ? Looks similar.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 9, 2017 13:02:49 GMT -5
Looks like a trapdoor spider to me. The hard crab like legs spoke to me. Armored trap door ? Looks like a trap door Scott. Looking at images. He was 80 feet from water about 25 feet above a creek. |
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Post by aDave on Jul 9, 2017 13:20:48 GMT -5
jamesp ...some info about the "variety" of your spider. Spider in this article looks exactly like yours. Supposedly we have them in CA, but I have never encountered one. Good call @shotgunner . I learn a little bit about something every time I come here. Now I just have to remember the stuff. Dave
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 13:35:36 GMT -5
Trapdoor spiders worldwide. I Googled Georgia trapdoor spider and yours came up. aDave our local one is easily spotted at upper Newport bay. It's a preserve and trapdoor are prevelant there. |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jul 9, 2017 14:01:28 GMT -5
I think my foot would have been a bit more aggressive than mister spider .
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Post by Pat on Jul 9, 2017 14:08:04 GMT -5
My foot wouldn't like it, but I'd have to do it anyway. 😝
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 9, 2017 15:10:02 GMT -5
Definitely a trapdoor spider.
from Spiderzrule website
An old school spider, common name Purse web Spider. Family name (Atypidae) references that they are "atypical tarantulas." Purse web spiders are accomplished ambush predators that spend most of their time in a sock-like, silken retreat on the ground from where they kill their prey. Guess that is why they are not seen often. jamesp ...some info about the "variety" of your spider. Spider in this article looks exactly like yours. Supposedly we have them in CA, but I have never encountered one. Dave
California version - California trapdoor spider, Bothriocyrtum californicum
While I have never encountered the spider, I have run across their "trap-door" burrows a time or two. These photos taken in a field a couple blocks from my home in Spring Valley, CA. 
jamesp , show them some respect. Though not venomous, they can inflict a nasty bite!
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Post by jamesp on Jul 10, 2017 23:07:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the ID.
Darn thing has great vision. Never seen a spider that can see a few feet away. Nor one that hangs on when it bites.
More like a crab.
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Post by Pat on Jul 10, 2017 23:17:17 GMT -5
How high can it jump?
CAN it jump?
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Post by Tommy on Jul 11, 2017 12:58:31 GMT -5
Daaaamn... I SO would have had to call Eva to come kill it for me  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 11, 2017 17:06:15 GMT -5
How high can it jump? CAN it jump? It never did jump Pat. But it always rotated facing you. If you walked circles around it would never let you get behind it. Had it jumped toward me it would have jumped only once - that would be sudden death for that spider. What's you talkin about ! I put him down on the hot Georgia asphalt and he scurried along quickly. Thought maybe the heat would have damaged him- not. He had mine and big buddy Alan the Welder's attention. He really got our attention when we touched him with a stick and he clamped onto it like a stone crab. Had to remove his death clamp with another stick. Glad the Jean Machine and Shotgunman figured it out. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 11, 2017 17:12:39 GMT -5
Daaaamn... I SO would have had to call Eva to come kill it for me That ain't true. |
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Post by Tommy on Jul 11, 2017 17:20:23 GMT -5
Absolutely true... she's got a Bug-a-salt and she's not afraid to use it. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 11, 2017 18:47:58 GMT -5
Absolutely true... she's got a Bug-a-salt and she's not afraid to use it. LMAO, a salt shotgun. Talk about satisfaction. You better not cross Eva. Got another toy for Eva. A stretchy 12 inch rubber band absolutely dissolves flies. Stretch it up, aim at fly, and let go of stretched end. Admire the after-vaporization components and various colored juices. |
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