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I work at a pet store out here in Santa Clarita, CA (about an hour north of Los Angeles) and I had a customer bring this spider in today. He thought it was a T and wanted to get a setup for it.
I told him that to my (admittingly inexperienced eye) that it didn't look like a T to me and that I was uncertain exactly how to care for it as well as if it's venom was at all signifigant (I doubt it, but again I don't have a postive ID). Anyway I offered to take it off his hands and he was more than happy to find someone who wanted it.
Enough story, on to the pics!
At first glance I thought it was a trapdoor spider, but I was under the impression that their abdomen was shaped almost like a cork, to plug up the hole against predators. I have lived in So. Cal all my life and since a child have explored and found just about every insect that is native to my area but having only lived in Santa Clarita for 2 years now I can't say I know the natives that well.
Anyone have any suggestions on care for this spider? Right now he is on bed-a-beast, not to dry, not damp, about 2 inches thick and I pre-made him a burrow and he took right to it.
Any ideas?
I told him that to my (admittingly inexperienced eye) that it didn't look like a T to me and that I was uncertain exactly how to care for it as well as if it's venom was at all signifigant (I doubt it, but again I don't have a postive ID). Anyway I offered to take it off his hands and he was more than happy to find someone who wanted it.
Enough story, on to the pics!
At first glance I thought it was a trapdoor spider, but I was under the impression that their abdomen was shaped almost like a cork, to plug up the hole against predators. I have lived in So. Cal all my life and since a child have explored and found just about every insect that is native to my area but having only lived in Santa Clarita for 2 years now I can't say I know the natives that well.
Anyone have any suggestions on care for this spider? Right now he is on bed-a-beast, not to dry, not damp, about 2 inches thick and I pre-made him a burrow and he took right to it.
Any ideas?