Idiopidae (family)

3 Armoured or Spiny Trapdoor Spider at Penrose, NSW

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Arbanitis sp. (genus) 10 Jan 2025 NateKingsford
Idiopidae (family) 4 Oct 2024 NateKingsford
Idiopidae (family) 29 Sep 2024 Aussiegall

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Possibly 2 trapdoor spiders together (mating?)

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NateKingsford wrote:
   4 Oct 2024
There's only 1 spider in this imagine, he's curled up. Although there isn't too much to go off on this photo, you can see the tibial spurs on legs 1. Other angles would be super useful in the future too :). This guy is most likely from the genus Arbanitis, but it's too hard to tell without more photos
Aussiegall wrote:
   5 Oct 2024
@NateKingsford Thanks for the info, unfortunately, he was in a corner on the ceiling and I didn't want to annoy him to get him to move, I am not comfortable with the possibility of a large hairy black spider dropping down on me. :-) In the future, I will try to remember to get some other angles if possible.

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  • 2 Abundance
  • 26 Sep 2024 04:08 PM Recorded on
  • Aussiegall Recorded by

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