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Photo by joEY Mullins
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Field Notes

Description:

about an inch long. When threatened rears up on its hind legs . not very aggressive. Acts like a tarantula the way it walks and acts. The last pic has it in whip cream container

Notes:

We saw this tarantula acting large black spider going into our garage. We live inside a woodland. I have lived here for 16 years and never seen one like this. Email me the answers cattlecall41@ yahoo.com

Species ID Suggestions

Cork-lid trapdoor spider

Ummidia

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
joEY Mullins
Thank you so much. We were so afraid not familiar with that many spiders it was the Australian funnel web which would have been very unlikely. This species of trap door, are they harmless to humans?
Scott Frazier
Moved to the category Arthropods from "other" :-)
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PublishedJune 21, 2015

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