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About an inch long, brown and shiny. Makes a funnel web at the base of trees that goes into the ground.
Woods
Spotted on Aug 16, 2013
Submitted on Aug 17, 2013
4 Comments
Yes, this is a purseweb spider. The webbing and the massive jaws are indicative of Family Atypidae. Nice spotting! Oh, and this can be moved to the Arthropods category, please.
Here's my purseweb spider tunnel: http://www.projectnoah.org/spotting/1472...
Try "purseweb spider". I'll send a link to my spotting; see if its the same tube: Here's a good site for your spider;
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1959/bgima...
I found one I think is similar... Brb...