Unidentified

Picture ID 131712

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

Found on the bottom of a hole I was digging about 8 inches deep. Seemed to move pretty slowly. When I tapped the the box it held its front 4 legs up like a Tarantula when it's fighting a hawk wasp. The abdomen was Matt but the test of the body and the legs were shiny. After the photos I let it go in another part of the garden where it sat very still. It was still there after half an hour.

  • Submitted by: 
    Rodger
  • Submitted: Nov 12, 2020
  • Photographed: Nov 11, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Gandia , Spain
  • Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
  • Found in web?: No
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Arach

This spider is in a group called the mygalomorph spiders, which includes tarantulas, although it isn’t a tarantula. Looks like a Trapdoor Spider, maybe Cyrtauchenius walckenaeri.