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Description:

about an inch long. When threatened rears up on its hind legs . not very aggressive. Acts like a tarantula the way it walks and acts. The last pic has it in whip cream container

Notes:

We saw this tarantula acting large black spider going into our garage. We live inside a woodland. I have lived here for 16 years and never seen one like this. Email me the answers cattlecall41@ yahoo.com

1 Species ID Suggestions

Cork-lid trapdoor spider
Ummidia Genus Ummidia - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

joEY Mullins
joEY Mullins 8 years ago

Thank you so much. We were so afraid not familiar with that many spiders it was the Australian funnel web which would have been very unlikely. This species of trap door, are they harmless to humans?

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 8 years ago

Moved to the category Arthropods from "other" :-)

joEY Mullins
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joEY Mullins

Sparta, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Jun 21, 2015
Submitted on Jun 21, 2015

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