Is it possible it could be a tarantula spiderling? I really have no idea what it could be. It only measures about 2 mm long, and I don't really know if T slings are that small.
Is it possible it could be a tarantula spiderling? I really have no idea what it could be. It only measures about 2 mm long, and I don't really know if T slings are that small.
I'm from the Bay Area, where the we only have Aphonopelma. I don't really have any experience with T's, so any info on their spiderlings or other similar spiders would be appreciated.
I'm from the Bay Area, where the we only have Aphonopelma. I don't really have any experience with T's, so any info on their spiderlings or other similar spiders would be appreciated.
Aphonopelma spiderlings that small wouldn't have an abdomen that is fully covered in setae - it would be almost entirely bald with a small round patch of setae just at the end, above the spinnerets. They don't get the all-over hairy look until they reach somewhere around the 1.5" leg span mark (depending on the species). It's possible that it could be a "false tarantula" (Calisoga spp.), which are found in that region, but it will be all but impossible to identify this until it gets large enough to develop some distinguishing features. We have the same issue identifying tarantula spiderlings when they're tiny - they all look the same, so you have to wait until they get larger.
And what's to say this isn't a tiny, full grown adult spider of some type? It very well could be. You should Google 'spider species in bay area CA' and see if you can find anything that looks close. Good luck!
Aphonopelma spiderlings that small wouldn't have an abdomen that is fully covered in setae - it would be almost entirely bald with a small round patch of setae just at the end, above the spinnerets. They don't get the all-over hairy look until they reach somewhere around the 1.5" leg span mark (depending on the species). It's possible that it could be a "false tarantula" (Calisoga spp.), which are found in that region, but it will be all but impossible to identify this until it gets large enough to develop some distinguishing features. We have the same issue identifying tarantula spiderlings when they're tiny - they all look the same, so you have to wait until they get larger.
And what's to say this isn't a tiny, full grown adult spider of some type? It very well could be. You should Google 'spider species in bay area CA' and see if you can find anything that looks close. Good luck!
I was guessing on Calisoga too, but I've never seen any good images of their slings. I kinda doubt it's an adult spider, since nothing on iNat matches with it so far.
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