Idiopidae (family)
3 Armoured or Spiny Trapdoor Spider at Penrose, NSW
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| Arbanitis sp. (genus) | NateKingsford | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| Idiopidae (family) | NateKingsford | 4 Oct 2024 | |
| Idiopidae (family) | Aussiegall | 29 Sep 2024 |
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User's notes
Possibly 2 trapdoor spiders together (mating?)
2 comments
4 Oct 2024
There's only 1 spider in this imagine, he's curled up. Although there isn't too much to go off on this photo, you can see the tibial spurs on legs 1. Other angles would be super useful in the future too :). This guy is most likely from the genus Arbanitis, but it's too hard to tell without more photos
5 Oct 2024
@NateKingsford Thanks for the info, unfortunately, he was in a corner on the ceiling and I didn't want to annoy him to get him to move, I am not comfortable with the possibility of a large hairy black spider dropping down on me. :-) In the future, I will try to remember to get some other angles if possible.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.211890-34.681707
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2024 04:08 PM Recorded on
- Aussiegall Recorded by
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- Aussiegall NatureMapr Southern Highlands Idiopidae (family) Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae) Spiders
Species information
- Idiopidae (family) Scientific name
- Armoured or Spiny Trapdoor Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 679.59m Recorded at altitude
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