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- Submitted: Nov 13, 2024
- Photographed: Nov 13, 2024
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 202334
My guess would be a male Myrmekiaphila Jenkinsi…based on your location
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251272899
That’s definitely it. Thanks so much!
Looks like a female of the species. It’s dead in a pool of water and has been for a day so I think it’s somewhat enlarged by being in the water for so long.
Its abdomen looks too large to be male according to this identification chart.
https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2007/issue-3596/0003-0082(2007)3596%255B1%253AATROTT%255D2.0.CO%253B2/A-Taxonomic-Review-of-the-Trapdoor-Spider-Genus-Myrmekiaphila-Araneae/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3596%5B1:ATROTT%5D2.0.CO;2.full
I am not an expert..so i could be totally wrong…..unfortunately I can’t get into the link….it won’t open on my phone…I went with a Myrmekiaphila male because i thought it had that funny shape to its front legs…. looks like something took a bite out of it……only the males of the genus have it…. .i went with Jenkinsi cause that seems the most likely species given your location…. have a look at the bugguide link….the shape of the front leg in the middle picture…..if your spider doesn’t have that shape your spider is likely something else….it seems a bit too… Read more »