Just found this today.. (ID Help)

Redneck

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Sorry for asking help on an ID.. But.. I have no idea what this is.. I have never seen one of these around her before.. Im sure there are more.. I just have never seen it..

Im OK with T's.. I enjoy my T's.. But true spiders.. They still kind of freak me out.. Not sure why..

Anyways.. Here is the critter I found today while cleaning out my storage building...

What do y'all think it is? Sorry I couldnt get a shot of its eyes.. It is about 2" DLS..

 

Terry D

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Tommy, Looks quite a bit like Kukulcania hibernalis. ;)
 

Vespula

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Nice looking spider! I have one similar to it, but I don't even know what mine is... It just wandered into the school one day and became my pet. Cool spider.:D
 

Anubis77

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They're like mini-Ts. Long lifespan for a true spider too. I kept a female in a water bottle for 4 years. A smaller one's verging on 5 right now. The males look like Loxosceles on steroids, even down to the violin shape on the carapace.
 

Warren Bautista

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Nope.. Its deff. not a MM <muffled talking>.... It has to be something else... Female something else.. LoL..

Well if it is a male its not mature...
I guess my terrible eyesight saw hooks and enlarged palps that weren't really there. lol

Eh, at least the species was correct.
 

Terry D

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A friend of mine in Lafayette once had an adult female for a couple of years. Her opisthosoma was the size of a large grape. Talk about overfeeding! {D{D:eek:
 

Chris_Skeleton

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How does this guy freak you out? It's like a mini-T. He looks awesome.... I wish I had those where I live, that would be so cool. Great find!
 

Redneck

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How does this guy freak you out? It's like a mini-T. He looks awesome.... I wish I had those where I live, that would be so cool. Great find!
IDK why it does.. I just know it does.. Like I said.. Trues are not really my thing.. I most get freaked out when I walk into a web face first.. Not knowing what I am walking into..
 

Chris_Skeleton

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Hmm... I just did some research on Kukulcania and found they are araneamorphs. I always thought they were Mygalomorphs. Oh well, still awesome looking.
 

zonbonzovi

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Great little trues...don't let 'em freak you out. They're vicious with prey, but not so much if handled. Quite active, too.

Personally, I love trying to ID as long as the poster isn't posting something that belongs on a cryptozoology forum(blurry/dark/formless).
 

Redneck

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I will try and get some more pictures when I get back home..
 

Venom

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Given the black coloration, it's probably a K. arizonica, rather than the K. hibernalis.
 

Terry D

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Venom, Thus far all Kukulcania collected in Caddo/Bossier parishes have proven/ keyed out hibernalis. Larger indivs/ females frequently look very blackish. Tommy is located only a stones throw away, geographically speaking. Interesting, though. I'll look ino it more. :)

Terry
 
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