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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Mygalomorphs (Mygalomorphae) » Folding-door Spiders (Antrodiaetidae) » Antrodiaetus » Antrodiaetus pacificus
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Folding-Door Spider - Antrodiaetus pacificus - male
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Reding

Folding-Door Spider - Antrodiaetus pacificus - Male
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
October 3, 2007
This is spider is in genus Antrodiaetus, and i am guessing the species is pacificus, and that it is a male. Does anyone know for sure?
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Contributed by Andrew Reding on 3 October, 2007 - 9:17pm
Last updated 13 December, 2009 - 11:18am

Moved
Since this is a male, and the first legs (which are
distinctive in male pugnax) are shown so clearly, I can pronounce it
pacificus.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 December, 2009 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Probably; Yes.
Nice find! They are actually quite common (especially males, especially at this time of year), but they are still seldom seen. Yes, it is a male, and probably A. pacificus, but there are at least two species up there if memory serves....When I lived in Portland I would visit the in-ground swimming pool in the middle of the apartment complex and find many of these had stumbled into the water.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 October, 2007 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
Rod Crawford from the Burke Museum agrees on genus. He says a microscope would need to be used to ID to species. He also mentioned that they are normally reported in September and October is late to find wandering males. I think that may be because we've had such a miserable and short summer here this year.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 October, 2007 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

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