Spider in a quarter-sized hole - ID?
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 4:36 pm
I found a spider in my garden (SFH). At first all I saw was the hole and a lump of sandy-dirt that moved. Then when I kept weeding, the lump moved down the hole, then turned around and came back up with a spider-head on it. Look at those wicked-looking fangs!
At first I thought “Trapdoor Spider”, but this seems a little small - hole diameter is about a quarter size... actually maybe smaller — nickel-size? The hole goes straight down. Plus there is no trap door. I couldn’t get a good focus on it, but it looks like sandy dirt piled up on the back of its abdomen? I don’t think these are eggs.... and it seems to prefer to stay butt-up in the hole to make it look like the hole is filled....
At first I thought “Trapdoor Spider”, but this seems a little small - hole diameter is about a quarter size... actually maybe smaller — nickel-size? The hole goes straight down. Plus there is no trap door. I couldn’t get a good focus on it, but it looks like sandy dirt piled up on the back of its abdomen? I don’t think these are eggs.... and it seems to prefer to stay butt-up in the hole to make it look like the hole is filled....