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There are two main types of spiders:
Primitive spiders (Mygalomorphs) which:
* take in air through two pairs of abdominal pouches called
book-lungs
* have fangs (chelicerae) that work up and down like a pick axe
* do not hang in webs of silk, but may live in silk-lined burrows
and spin egg sacs
* resemble spiders found only in the fossil record from 300 million
years ago
*include the funnel-web, trapdoor, tarantulas and brush-footed spiders.
True or modern spiders (Araneomorphs) which:
* take in air through one pair of book-lungs and through tracheal
tubes
* have fangs (chelicerae) that work from side-to-side like pincers
* can manipulate the silk they produce to make webs and attach
themselves to the web
* include most other Australian spiders. |
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November, 2004:
I found this not so little guy in the
ground while digging a ditch. I live in North Carolina. It looks
like some type of a funnel web??? I would love to know what species
it is.
Sincerely,
David DeKort
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September, 2004:
Docile, able to hold in hands, very pretty with her rose tinted
cephalothorax... Jennifer
Clackamas, OR |
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September, 2004:
Mean, aggressive, but so beautiful! wanted you guys to see
these colorful pictures...she is one of my babies... Jennifer
Clackamas, OR |
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September, 2004:
Hi there!
Great site!
Saw this guy in front of my car. Thought it was a moose.
Tarantula in City Creek Canyon, near Salt Lake City, Utah
September 16, 2004
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Reply: Tracy-- BE CAREFUL!!!!! That is a certainly a
mygalomorph spider, possibly one of the funnel webs related to the
Sydney funnel web! I will refer this image to an Australian
fellow I'm acquainted with, who knows your native spiders much
better than I do. Please operate under the assumption that it
has a VERY serious bite.
Nathan Hepworth |
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September, 2004:
Hi Glen,
i just found two of these spiders in my garden, can you tell me what
it is, and if you know of a place in Adelaide, that will take them
from me...
Tracy |
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8 August, 2003:
Hi found her under a board out in the field in Arkansas, U.S.
Just thought I would send it to you so you can use it if you want.
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22 June, 2003:
Hi there. I love your spider website and I thought you may be
interested in these photos I snapped of a Purse Web (Atypidae)
spider I found while digging in my garden in North Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada. The body size of this spider is about 25 mm. Despite its
terrifying appearance, it is a real coward. It is a mygalomorph,
related to tarantulas and funnel web spiders.
Best regards,
Todd Johnson
North Vancouver, Canada |
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16 June, 2003:
Okay then, first up, the very cranky Mygalomorph I found in
Baja California, Mexico. My biologist friend, with whom I've been
working on a local spider survey, tells me I'm partially right about
the ID of this spider. It IS a Mygalomorph, but not a trapdoor
spider. He says, " Your mygalomorph is a member of the Family
Cyrtauchoniidae. That's a mouthful. They were once classified in the
trapdoor family but were recently split. They tend to burrow into
sand dunes. I have found them when digging for sand dune spiders,
Lutica. The family needs revision in a big way. There are apparently
several undescribed genera and species waiting for someone to work
up." We found this guy all rolled up playing dead in the dirt. It
came to life when I got my camera out, and put on a rather
unfriendly display of fangs and legs, which allowed me to identify
it as a myg. After annoying it a while, we let it go in a nice bush.
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