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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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Spider in Northwest Florida - Ummidia
Copyright © 2009 yellowsub909

Spider in Northwest Florida - Ummidia
DeFuniak Springs, Northwest Florida County, Florida, USA
September 27, 2009
Size: about 1"
Can someone please tell me what kind of spider this is? I have looked everywhere online, and cannot find a picture or description that describes this spider. Thanks!
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Contributed by yellowsub909 on 27 September, 2009 - 1:56pm
Last updated 14 October, 2009 - 11:48am

I found one that looks just l
I found one that looks just like this in Central Florida. It looks so similar to a Pine Rockland Trapdoor spider (Ummidia richmond ) but they are supposedly only in South Florida. it has that lighter colored square on its back just like the one I saw. Interesting that the species was only recently discovered. I’m not sure if they’re the same thing but here’s a good article.
https://www.newsweek.com/new-species-venomous-spider-discovered-florida-looks-like-pitch-black-tarantula-1586877?amp=1
… Jwest, 2 July, 2021 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

This could be a mouse spider,
This could be a mouse spider, like a funnel web spider. The mouse/funnel web spiders are pretty much the worst spider to come across... This just looks like it by the pictures I have seen in the past.
… MattNCrestview, 5 September, 2010 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… marshal hedin, 14 October, 2009 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 11 October, 2009 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

Trapdoor spider
"We all live in a yellow submarine...." Oh, where did that come from?:-) This is a male trapdoor spider in the genus Ummidia. Neat find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 September, 2009 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

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