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More shots of this unusual spider. I've asked several people and no one has ever seen one like this before.
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- Submitted: Mar 14, 2020
- Photographed: Mar 13, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Kiln, Mississippi, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
These are wafer-lid trapdoor spiders. The wafer trapdoor spiders, family Cyrtaucheniidae, are a widespread family of spiders that lack the thorn-like spines on tarsi and metatarsi I and II found in true trapdoor spiders.The bite of the Trap-Door Spider is of low risk non toxic to humans. It is a non-aggressive spider usually timid but may stand up and present it’s fangs if harassed. Rarely bites but if so it can be painful.