Comments & ID Thoughts
I believe this is a calisoga false tarantula
Located in my backyard in a oak leaf pile in April 2018
I was raking leaves when it crawled out
Geographic location northern California Cameron Park elevation 1800 ft
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- Submitted: Apr 8, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 5, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Cameron Park, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi, and welcome to the site. I will agree with your ID, one of the Nemesiidae family, likely Calisoga genus. One of the Mygalomorphae trapdoor spiders, likely a male, on the lam for a female.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/120961