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Possible funnel web spider - Calisoga - male
Copyright © 2006 Brian

Possible funnel web spider - Calisoga - Male
Orinda, Contra Costa County, California, USA
May 9, 2006
Size: 1.5"
Hi,
I caught this beast of a spider on my carpet floor. I saw it crawling around and i'm a bit concerned that it's poisonous. My buddy down the street caught a giant spider that looks like it. He brought it to vector control and was told that it's a funnel web spider. I'm a bit skeptical... Have any advice?

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Possible funnel web spider - Calisoga - male Possible funnel web spider - Calisoga - male
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Contributed by Brian on 10 May, 2006 - 1:50am
Last updated 27 October, 2007 - 3:17pm

Moved
Moved from Mygalomorphs.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 27 October, 2007 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

You might want to look at the
You might want to look at the Aphonopelma genus in the tarantula family...

www.venomlist.com
… Steve Ferguson II, 12 May, 2006 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

possible
it looks like Mygalomorph to me for sure. but its spinnarets arent long enough for me to call it a funel web spider. im thinking its a tarantula in the family Theraphsodiae. this spider is not poisonous enough to to do any harm.
… Omar Fahmy, 10 May, 2006 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
No, not possible:-)
Maybe Brian has been watching the Animal Planet for too long. I assume he was referring to the Australian funnel web spider, Atrax robustus, which is dangerously venomous. Thankfully, that spider does not occur in the states. Our funnel-web tarantulas are substantially smaller, even as adults.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 May, 2006 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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