Comments & ID Thoughts
What do you think?
I think it’s a trapdoor spider!
I live in the Eastern suburbs in Adelaide, South Australia in a suburban area. This was found in my front garden being climbed on by a redback spider. We’ve had substantial rain over the past three days so I’m thinking it must have gotten washed out of its burrow.
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- Submitted: Apr 17, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 17, 2018
- Spider: Blakistonia aurea (Adelaide Trapdoor Spider)
- Sex:Male,
- Location: Magill, Adelaide, Australia
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, and welcome to the site. this is certainly one of the Ctenizidae family which includes trap door spiders. I just don’t know the different genus ad species of the Australian variety.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/6934
Thanks, Dan! I submitted the picture to Sophie Harrison, PhD at University of Adelaide who specializes in these spiders and she identified it as a Blakistonia aurea.
Hi, Thanks for the update, I will add this to my personal files.
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Your spider has been filed. Thank you for sharing.