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Adult female - Antrodiaetus pacificus - female

Adult female - Antrodiaetus pacificus - Female
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
September 14, 2013
Size: ~18mm body length
"Back off!"

A. pacificus is normally calm and unresponsive, so it's not too easy to get a threat posture. Females will do it more readily than males. Not wanting to frighten her or stress her out, I gently brushed a blade of grass across the front of her palps until she got annoyed enough to give me a piece of her mind! Interestingly, she held this pose for about five minutes, remaining completely motionless. The side photo was taken during this period too.

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