is this real?

[martafajla]

Just found this picture while browsing the internet. It is very strange and I doubt its veracity but I still thought I might ask.

http://img35.imageshack.us/i/1295551067438.jpg/

 

[Thegloryfades]

It's real there was one for sale on here a little while back

 

[gmrpnk21]

Where are the spinnerets?

 

[martafajla]

Know the species maybe?

 

[Josh1129]

Yep it most definitely is real, but for the life of me I can't remember their name.

 

[AudreyElizabeth]

That is really strange. Is it a species of trap door?

 

[Thegloryfades]

Cyclocosmia torreya

 

[baconmushroom]

that is just creepy in so many levels.

 

[Thegloryfades]

Its an armor to protect against tarantula wasps if I remember correctly

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

That is really strange. Is it a species of trap door?

It's just a trapdoor spider. I believe there is more than one species that have an abdomen like that.

Not a tarantula

 

[Mez]

Wow, that is very neat. Almost as if it sticks its butt out there as to resemble a Fossil in the dirt.

 

[billopelma]

Cyclocosmia latusicosta


Bill

 

[AudreyElizabeth]

I've never really liked trap door spiders. For some reason they give me the willies lol.

That is quite interesting though. It does resemble a fossil.

 

[Thegloryfades]

The species i posted was the one for sale in the classifieds forgot to mention. Didn't know there was multiple species with the armored abdomen

 

[Introvertebrate]

That symbol looks like tribal African art.

 

[Merfolk]

It is Chinese, if my memory is correct.

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

It is Chinese, if my memory is correct.

According to Wikipedia, the distribution is:


Cyclocosmia lannaensis Schwendinger, 2005 — China, Thailand
Cyclocosmia latusicosta Zhu, Zhang & Zhang, 2006 — China
Cyclocosmia loricata (C. L. Koch, 1842) — Mexico, Guatemala
Cyclocosmia ricketti (Pocock, 1901) — China
Cyclocosmia siamensis Schwendinger, 2005 — Thailand
Cyclocosmia torreya Gertsch & Platnick, 1975 — USA
Cyclocosmia truncata (Hentz, 1841) — USA

 

[Moltar]

Danger Will Robinson!!! I encountered a rogue AV installer at that site.

Security risk. Do not click on the photo link.

(I'm not implying the OP was at fault, it's just a compromised domain.)

Edit: Oh, it's Imageshack, that makes sense. Imageshack is rife with malware.

 

[gmrpnk21]

Weird. Norton didn't find anything...