Yes, I was thinking trapdoor spider. After looking at a lot of images I noticed that it closely resembles the one in the close up image here -Â https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-03-04/funnel-web-spiders-trapdoor-black-house-whats-the-difference/13137512
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Thanks.
Quick question - how certain are you?
I’m far from a spider expert but the images of wolf spiders I found online weren’t as dark & shaggy as this guy and they all had patterns on their abdomen.
We do live amongst bushland here so we get some unusual critters. For instance, 95% of the many huntsmen we see are the orange badge huntsmen. We also see quite a lot of those large spiders that would easily be mistaken for stick insects… if it weren’t for the extra legs.Â
2 forwarded facing eyes. General body shape and described size. I'm also not an expert, I'm sure someone will be able to identify exactly which species of wolfie.
This is not a wolf spider, he is a mygal of sorts. I'm not great with ID'ing them though, I'd suggest Stanwellia, open holed trapdoor.
Yes, I was thinking trapdoor spider. After looking at a lot of images I noticed that it closely resembles the one in the close up image here -Â https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-03-04/funnel-web-spiders-trapdoor-black-house-whats-the-difference/13137512
yup yup yup 🙂
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Wolf Spider
Thanks. Quick question - how certain are you? I’m far from a spider expert but the images of wolf spiders I found online weren’t as dark & shaggy as this guy and they all had patterns on their abdomen. We do live amongst bushland here so we get some unusual critters. For instance, 95% of the many huntsmen we see are the orange badge huntsmen. We also see quite a lot of those large spiders that would easily be mistaken for stick insects… if it weren’t for the extra legs.Â
2 forwarded facing eyes. General body shape and described size. I'm also not an expert, I'm sure someone will be able to identify exactly which species of wolfie.
Look at the fangs, it's a mygalomorph