new female purseweb

[WithCerberus]

ok, i know i've been posting alot of purseweb pics but i'm just to excited about tonight's find. Finally i've caught a female Sphodros niger (LBL, KY) So you guys will have to put up with a few more pics.

Thats it for now. Time to go eat some pizza and be happy.

Bobby

 

[darkeye]

HOLY COW!
Where do I get one?

Awsome animal!

 

[WithCerberus]

Lots and lots of frustrating searching and a little luck.

some good reading for you. these help. 8)

Beatty, J.A. 1983, Discovery of the web of the atypid Sphodros niger: American Arachnology. 28 p. 11

Gertsch, W.J., and N.I. Platnick. 1980, A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae): American Museum Novitates No. 2704. 39 p.

Bobby

 

[syndicate]

im pretty sure theres pursewebs here in ct.im gonna try and find some soon.think ive seen them before.arent they closely related to t's?

 

[xgrafcorex]

believe so..

looks like it. i was under the assumption that tarantulas were the only spiders whos fangs come down towards the mouth instead of from the sides but im not expert

 

[Peter_Parker]

a lot more than t's

looks like it. i was under the assumption that tarantulas were the only spiders whos fangs come down towards the mouth instead of from the sides but im not expert

A lot of spiders like tarantulas including the australian funnel webs and mouse spiders, purse web and trapdoor spiders have a paraxial fang formation (fangs pointing down).

 

[WithCerberus]

well, she seems to have settled down into her new container and constructed her tube. I can't wait to watch her catch her prey. The male that I had was a real hoot to watch. syndicate, good luck with your hunting, these guys are a blast.

Bobby

 

[Malkavian]

I had always wondered if pursewebs came down as far as NC.

To collect them you basically have to look for the webs no? I bet that's fun...

 

[WithCerberus]

You have several species in NC. Some species are easier to find than others. Sphodros abboti in georgia and florida can reach shocking numbers with numerous tubes on the same tree. Those are easy to find. Sphodros niger is one that is pretty hard to find since most of the time the tubes are below the leaf litter or some other cover.

Bobby

 

[WithCerberus]

feeding pics

here are a few pics of my purseweb capturing a mealworm. The last one is just a pic that I had fun editing with photoshop.

Bobby

 

[Darwinsdad]

If I am not mistaken, arn't purse webs a fairly "hot" spider?

 

[WithCerberus]

i haven't read anything about them being too venomous, so as far as I know their venom isn't medically significant.

Bobby

 

[hortus]

lol i see those all the time or used to when i was landscaping

may be getting a bit late in the year now but ive seen plenty

 

[Galapoheros]

Pretty weird looking spider. I bet it's an interesting one to watch.

 

[cacoseraph]

i haven't read anything about them being too venomous, so as far as I know their venom isn't medically significant.

Bobby

yeah, i don't think i've come across reading about any North Amercian myglamorphs that are hot/med.sig.

most of them just have a note about mechanical damage =P