Idiops female came out!

[J.huff23]

I saw this beautiful girl out tonight. This is the first time that I can remember of her being out on her own all the way.

 

[cacoseraph]

she's nice looking! i like the two tone legs

i have a local species that is very roughly similar looking in the leg coloration, but not as neat in all the other places

 

[J.huff23]

Thanks! Yea shes one of my favorite pet holes. She just gets prettier with every molt. She was way smaller when I got her, now she is a pretty good size.

 

[xhexdx]

How big is she?

Great pics.

 

[zonbonzovi]

What a looker! The rear of the carapace reminds me vaguely of a tortoise beetle.

 

[Vespula]

Wow. She's just Gorgeous! What lovely coloration!:drool:

 

[J.huff23]

How big is she?

Great pics.

Thanks! Im not sure. She is never out so I never get a measurement of her, and Im terrible at judging measurements. But I would say 2.5", maybe more. But like I said, Im terrible at judging measurements.

 

[J.huff23]

Wow. She's just Gorgeous! What lovely coloration!:drool:

Thanks, yea shes definitly a keeper.

 

[J.huff23]

What a looker! The rear of the carapace reminds me vaguely of a tortoise beetle.

Thanks. I love her coloration.

 

[Beetleinabottle]

Is it possible that yours is the same species as mine? Because mine was sold to me as a black african trapdoor. I'm new to the arachnid community and your pictures are the closest I've found of her!

 

[RTTB]

Beautiful spider.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

I can't key this spider to genus or species but I can tell you it is not an Idiops species. The family Idiopidae can be characterized by having the anterior lateral eyes set far in front from the rest giving it a distinctive eye pattern. The spiders pictured here obviously have all eight grouped together.

There are no characters visible in these pictures that I can see that will give an accurate ID.

But it does look like all spiders pictured are the same species.

Edit: My best guess is that this is a Nemesiidae species, but take that maybe way off.