Bonus Trapdoor Spider lofi

I was bughunting in an area by my dad's house (in Rancho Cucamonga, Califorina, USA) that i have hunted and hiked in for years. Up until a couple weeks ago i have never found any scorpions or ~trapdoor spider (mygalomorphs), though i have found evidence of some kind of trapdoor spider and saw a mature male tarantula about 10 miles away. In this video i had flipped over a big rock and saw a medium scolopocryptops "giant" blind centipede scurry under the triangle shaped stone. When i went to flip the triangle i moved a different rock first... and found a large, mature female of some mygalomorph! Very Nice!

I will eventually be able to figure out what species this and post it here... for the possibly three ppl who might actually care

n.b. though the discovery method was a bit, er, abrupt the spider is fine and moved into a new semi-temporary housing :)

edit: this spider has pretty conclusively been identified as an Aptostichus species of wafer lid trapdoor

[uploaded from a 8MB WMV file]

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• trapdoor
• spider
• mygalomorph
• scolopocryptops
• bughunt
• bonus
• giggling
• goof

[TBofTexas]

where are good places to go tarantule or scorpion hunting

[cacoseraph]

in places with water... but not in areas that get submerged regularly.

if you are interested in bug hunting i would join bug forums and try to find people that are close to you to give you some pointers

[tarantulaman20]

are you goin to keep it as a pet? thats what i would do :)

[cacoseraph]

yes, i kept it. i want to figure out what species it is. i now know that it is in the Aptostichus genus... but there are like 7 described and at least as many undescribed species known to california

[lweigle]

i thought trap doors are poisonous

doesnt kill but hurts like no other

[cacoseraph]

i have been bit by one USA species and it didn't hurt beyond getting fangs in me. most USA species do not have very powereful venom against humans

HOWEVER!!!! various trapdoor and related spiders in other countries can be VERY venomous to humans! the Sydney Funnelweb spider is a relative of trapdoor spiders and i can easily kill people if they don't get medical assistance

thanks for watching :)

[yuckyspiderbite]

not going to lie when you tiped over the rock i jumped lol

[IMFkores]

in my country. there is no spider like that

[TBofTexas]

when you first pulled your hand back i thought somthing bit you

[SamiiGirl1]

whoa kool!, i love it ! omg ur laugh scared me XD!