Ummidia

Picture ID 43557

Picture of Ummidia - Dorsal

Comments & ID Thoughts

New to Austin and this spider clung to my foot Any clue to what it is? Thanks for help in advance!

  • Submitted by: 
    RoxanneDavis3107
  • Submitted: Oct 9, 2018
  • Photographed: Oct 9, 2018
  • Spider: Ummidia
  • Location: Austin, Texas, United States
  • Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Under rock, log, or debris
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes: Dorsal
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Trahearne

My best guess is a funnel web spider? Though once a spiders legs curl inwards like this it means they’re almost certainly dead.

ItsyBitsy

Hi, this Looks like a Cork-lid Trap-door Spider (Halonoproctidae) Ummidia. (Funnel-web Spiders/Atrax spp. are not indigenous to the US.) 🙂

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