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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Mygalomorphs (Mygalomorphae) » Cork-lid trapdoor spiders (Halonoproctidae) » Ummidia
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Unidentified spider - Ummidia
Copyright © 2008 Pars

Unidentified spider - Ummidia
Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Found my cat batting this around on my porch. I've never seen this sort of spider before. It reminds me of a funnel web spider, though I don't think we have any here in the U.S. Poking it with a fly swatter made it rear up on its hind legs. In the end I managed to push it back into the yard.

So anyone know what species it could be?
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Contributed by Pars on 15 June, 2008 - 11:16am
Last updated 24 October, 2011 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Mygalomorphs.
… marshal hedin, 24 October, 2011 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Ken Schneider, 19 March, 2009 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Trapdoor spider
It does look like one of the Australian funnelweb spiders, but that's because they're both Mygalomorphs.

This is a trapdoor spider. Possibly from Genus Ummidia.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6935
… Jebus31, 15 June, 2008 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
ah, thanks! first time i've e
ah, thanks! first time i've ever seen one outside of it's tunnel
… Pars, 15 June, 2008 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

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