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Antrodiaetus pacificus
A large thick bodied spider that protects the opening of its home with a trap door.
My yard. Used to be a shrub-steppe area.
I was cleaning my porch and found this guy in a flower pot.
Spotted on Oct 1, 2012
Submitted on Oct 1, 2012
2 Comments
He's a little bigger than a quarter. I checked and they aren't toxic, at least toxic enough to be a problem. But, they have very long fangs so they can give a pretty good bite. I don't think they are very aggressive. I now have it in a jar with sand hoping it digs a tunnel and makes a trapdoor.
this is a crazy dream-haunting spider! how big was this guy?