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Purse web spider

Atypus Piceus

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Field Notes

Description:

About 3cm (1"1/4) long, black shiny body with twin 'spikes' at the rear of the abdomen, black hairy legs.

Habitat:

It was living under a bit of wood I moved, on the earth under a sweet chestnut tree.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Gina9210
it looks like a male Atypus piceus.
Philip Gilmore
We get lots in our area! Sometimes much larger. The webs are on the ground, really dense and with a distinctive tunnel inwards - underground.
Noe and Pili
Interesting! I've never seen nothing like this

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PublishedAugust 21, 2011

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