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Mygalomorphs?  - Antrodiaetus

Mygalomorphs? - Antrodiaetus
Eola Hills, West Salem, Polk County, Oregon, USA
October 8, 2008
Size: ~1"
Okay, as I totally suck with most spider identification, along with most other invertebrates, I'm most likely wrong. I believe it's a female, I think it could be a Cali Trapdoor Spider but again probably not with my ID skills.

Not an expert......
Im not that good with ids either but I think you might be right with this one.

 
Yes.
This is a male folding-door spider in the genus Antrodiaetus. They are very common this time of year as they wander in search of the females (which remain inside their silk-lined burrows).

 
Thanks
Then the females must be the ones we occasionally dig up in the yard on accident. This one I believe was found under a those cement things for garden & yard barriers. I found another one in an Oak Forest on the other side of the Eola Hills that was under a log. A lot of the insects started coming out recently because of the rain we had here recently. I took advantage of some of the earthworms & gastropods that came out for Garter Snake food and found several other inverts while looking. Thanks I've seen their burrows several times while digging and have found live & dead ones before.

 
This could be [i]Antrodiaetus
This could be Antrodiaetus pacificus. I used to see a lot of the males wandering around at this time of year when I was living in Corvallis.

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