spider in tree hole with funnel opening - Inbetween Kerrville and Junction, in a live oak tree, Kerr County, Texas, USA November 23, 2012 Size: of a wolf spider
I traced some web lines to a hole in a live oak tree, the hole was about the size of a quarter and there was a funnel spun around the opening. The spider inside was very shy and would slowly back away when I shone a flashlight in there, so I could never get a picture of her, unfortunately. She would hide in the back of or hang upside down in the hole. She had a mottled grey and brown carapace with a darker vertical line of chevrons. Her abdomen was oval shaped and yellowish in color with random tiny black dots, nothing in particular about the arrangement, no pattern or anything. Her legs were grey and long and thin, not the thick legs that a hunting spider has, but noticeably thin for the size of her body. Her body was about the same size of your average wolf spider, but her abdomen was not a pointed oval like a wolf spider, it was more of a rounded oval. The burrow itself didn't have much web in it, just the opening. The spider stayed in her hole at night, that's the only time I saw her. I didn't see her in her hole during the day, but she could have been hiding from me like she did when I shined the flashlight on her.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by Aimee Williams on 26 November, 2012 - 9:07pm Last updated 14 December, 2012 - 11:24am |