Mature Male Ummidia [1/2]

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  Ungoliant

• Dec 5, 2020

additional photo of this spider:

 

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  RezonantVoid

• Dec 5, 2020

If not for the long legs, id almost think this was a relative of Actinopodidae due to the pale abdominal marking

 

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  Ungoliant

• Dec 6, 2020

RezonantVoid said:

If not for the long legs, id almost think this was a relative of Actinopodidae due to the pale abdominal marking

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Most pictures I've seen don't have that marking; I saw it on one dead specimen, making me wonder if it's an artifact of old age.

Fortunately, this genus has a saddle-like depression on tibia III that is diagnostic. Also, we have few other mygalomorphs here in South Carolina. (All native tarantulas are west of the Mississippi River.)

I hope he found a female before the cold weather set in two weeks later.

 

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  Ungoliant

• Dec 6, 2020

One day I hope to find a female, but since they're trapdoors, that may be wishful thinking.

 

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  RezonantVoid

• Dec 6, 2020

Ungoliant said:

One day I hope to find a female, but since they're trapdoors, that may be wishful thinking.

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Not necessarily, they are MUCH more common than most people think due to their camouflage. Ive been finding them in the hundreds at places i never noticed them for years now that i have a more trained eye. As soon as you see 1 trapdoor burrow, its easy to apot the rest