Spruce Fir Moss Spider

[Singapore_Blue1]

I found this in the bottom of my pool today... Microhexura montivaga...This is a huge find...Unfortunetly I couldn't get her before she died but maybe there might be an eggsack somewhere close....These are endangered and only supposedly found in six locations in the US.. They belong to the mygalomorph's or commonly called a tarantula... The area they are native to is in the mountains of NC and extreme eastern TN...I find that interesting since I am over 100 miles west of that and I have one...

 

[Mattyb]

Pic would be nice.

 

[Singapore_Blue1]

Pic

I'll try to post a picture tonight if I find the time. It will be hard though because it is in rubbing alcohol right now.

 

[ZergFront]

That's too bad. There aren't too many live ones in pictures when I do a search.

Nemesiinae are one of my new interests now. I can't get any until after the holidays, though at least.

 

[Scorpendra]

wow! that really is a huge find! congrats :clap:

 

[Moltar]

That is really awesome! Congrats on a great find! Too bad it wasn't still alive though...

From the results of a google it seems that this is a mygalomorph but not a theraphosid so, not actually a tarantula. Funny, the search turned up dozens of hits with the exact same photo of a preserved specimen. I grew up in southern West Virginia and used to find small red trapdoors from time to time. I never knew what they were, just that they looked very toxic. I wonder what species they were...

 

[Scorpendra]

i could have sworn this was in the "true spiders" section earlier.

 

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hi,
may I ask who IDed it as M. montivaga? This species is rather small (only 3-4 mm BL when adult) and I don´t think you can tell it from a juvenile Euagrus.