Comments & ID Thoughts
No idea. Found in my water feature garden while digging up undesirable plants. Very “lethargic”, if that’s a fitting description. 4 yellowish spots on underside (two smaller, two larger). Glossy black legs. About the size of a nickel.
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- Submitted: Apr 18, 2021
- Photographed: Apr 18, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Claremore, Oklahoma, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
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Cool! I think it’s a Trap-door Spider in genus ummidia https://bugguide.net/node/view/6935/data I really wanted to find one when I was a kid after I read illustrated science books. Yes, I was born this way. 🙂 You might have scared it into moving when you were digging. Bugs move slowly when they’re cold. I was digging out non-native Star of Bethlehem bulbs in a flower garden this week and found an underground hive of lethargic Cellophane Bees. They’re cute with bold horizontal black and white stripes and they look like they’re made of shiny plastic. I suppose I should start wearing… Read more »
yea, I wonder how it got here though usually, they don’t live in Oklahoma (or so I thought)
and I found a few forms that they may have traveled through floodwater, I’m an 11 year old with almost no expertise so do you know anything about that?
I have no idea about it’s travel arrangements. . No flooding here. I’ve never seen one like that. Beautiful! Reading some of the things you posted after you did research was fascinating. I’m extremely impressed that, at your age, you are so studious and well-read, as well as being articulate and thoughtful!
Oh, my yes. Thank goodness you didn’t learn the hard way!
hmmmmmm, looks to be Ummidia sp but, this species is fairly unknown though.