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Didn't Mike Dame try to breed them several years ago? What ever became of that? I'm interested in these guys, as well.

Trachelas sp., probably tranquillus.

Apparently, everyone finds non-theraphosid mygalamorphs except for me, nowadays. I work at a zoo, so I'm obviously surrounded by a bunch of people who love animals, even spiders. Normally, I'm the one they come to for spider ID, etc. A (cute) girl from the Horticulture department found a...

I don't think it really matters, but I've never tried hunting them at night. Their webs are hard enough to keep track of during the day!

Look on the sides of trees, especially around ant populations. Sides of and under rocks, as well. My first purseweb was actually found in a tube web under a large rock. They're very hard to spot but normally if you find one, you find more.

I know Mike "Troll" Dame had a breeding project with them years ago, if I recall correctly. Haven't seen them up for sale in years, but they do come by once in a blue moon. Awesome species. Feisty, too!

Isle of Palms and James Island.

Hentzi lives there, but you'd have better luck finding them on some of the islands. They prefer sandier, drier areas with ground cover. Think Palm fronds and bark. Beach houses often get infestations. I'm not so sure about carolinianus, I'm thinking they're more of an inland species. But once...

Purseweb?

Geometricus is completely taking over here in South Carolina. I scarcely see mactans or variolus anymore.

Yep, mature male Androdiaetus. Encountered one wandering in southern Missouri. He was comically defensive; fell over backwards while showing me how big and bad he was.

How gorgeous is she against the red clay? Wow. Sorry, that's all I have, I'm not good with Australian huntsmans.

Here in the Southern US, broad faced sac (Trachelas) and yellow sac (Cheiracanthium) spiders are especially active during the winter. The cold doesn't slow them down one bit.

Hunting for them is pretty challenging. Road sides, dried up riverbanks, hillsides and other sloping areas are generally your best bet. When do you find one, pay close attention, because there are usually more around. The young don't tend to migrate too far, so they're often in "colonies", so to...

Good call. Wonder if it's M. neilyoungi :) Heres a reference for OP: https://bugguide.net/node/view/170331 We have this genus in my area (mid South Carolina) even though it doesn't show on the range map. Not sure of the species, though.

Yep, that's a myglamorph of some stripe. Poor guy :/

Terrible pics, but something in the Coras genus, maybe?

Doesn't even need to be that big. Just a standard sized KK is fine for an adult female.

Well, now it's the Ancyclometes posted by Widow Lover :shame:

Wow!!!