Bothriocyrtum californicum
(California Trapdoor Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Bothriocyrtum californicum, commonly known as California Trapdoor Spider, belongs to the genus Bothriocyrtum, in the family Halonoproctidae. Bothriocyrtum californicum spiders have been sighted 14 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Bothriocyrtum californicum includes 1 countries and 1 states in the United States. Bothriocyrtum californicum is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Halonoproctidae
Genus: Bothriocyrtum
Species: Bothriocyrtum californicum

Common Name (AAS)

California Trapdoor Spider

Author

Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1874

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Sightings Overview

There have been 14 confirmed sightings of Bothriocyrtum californicum (California Trapdoor Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 18, 2018 by Spider ID member allan. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 14 sightings because of certain Bothriocyrtum californicum sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 7% of the time, Bothriocyrtum californicum spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 14)
Sex: 0 female and 14 male.
Environment: Bothriocyrtum californicum has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (8). Low foliage (3).