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Picture ID 4226

Picture of unidentified spider

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Young tarantula? There have been two that have shown up in my classroom so far.

  • Submitted by: 
    nsimp14
  • Submitted: Jan 20, 2018
  • Photographed: Jan 10, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Monterey, California, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
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ItsyBitsy

Maybe. I’m not well versed in Mygalomorphae. I’m not sure it looks fuzzy enough? Your other option is a False Tarantula (Calisoga sp.). I can’t see it well enough to be sure but you can compare: https://bugguide.net/node/view/413815/bgimage

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NoahThomas43

Caught a few of those a couple years ago. Thought it was a false Tarantula, turned out to be an Arizona Black Hole Spider. Pretty sure this is the same species.

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ItsyBitsy

This is a Calisoga (False Tarantula): https://bugguide.net/node/view/1304407

This is a Kukulcania arizonica (Arizona Black Hole Spider): https://bugguide.net/node/view/273696/bgimage

There are some notable differences. The OP’s spider is hairier and has more prominent chelicerae, the length of the legs is different and the spinnerets are visible.

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NoahThomas43

Yea, true. My fault, I rushed with this identification and after another look I can clearly see differences. Thanks for the correction.

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