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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Mygalomorphs (Mygalomorphae) » Cork-lid trapdoor spiders (Halonoproctidae) » Bothriocyrtum » California Trapdoor Spider (Bothriocyrtum californicum)
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combative spider - Bothriocyrtum californicum - male
Copyright © 2006 Debi

combative spider - Bothriocyrtum californicum - Male
Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, USA
February 28, 2006
After hearing our dog fighting with something in our back yard it brought this spider in from outside on a rainy night. It was still rearing up and protecting itself even after my dog injured it's leg. We live next to a large hillside that is also home to an abundance of rattle snakes, and other wild animals. We have never seen a spider like this in the 20 years we've lived here.
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Contributed by Debi on 1 March, 2006 - 1:55am
Last updated 3 March, 2009 - 9:24am

Moved
Moved from Mygalomorphs.
… marshal hedin, 3 March, 2009 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Looks like something in Cyrta
Looks like something in Cyrtaucheniidae.
… Dennis Haines, 19 December, 2007 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

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