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thomasbarbin.bsky.social
Hexura picea from the SW coast of Vancouver Island

#Mygalomorph #macrophotography #iNaturalist
December 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
mhedin.bsky.social
Spent time yesterday in a local woodland, looking for small animals under rocks & logs

here's Megahexura fulva, a neat mygalomorph spider endemic to California

three image stack, photographed in situ
February 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Baby trapdoor, peering ❤️
Tiny red mygalomorph spider peering out from under her burrow's lid in the white sand and detritus
January 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Day 30 of my 2024 favorites: BLUE
I'd been aware of Sphodros abboti (one of our local mygalomorph species) for a few years, and that the males looked like this, but seeing one for myself was a bucket list event. This boy absolutely did not disappoint 💙
#InverteFest #AmericasAss
Lean black mygalomorph spider lad with giant chelicerae, and that iconic deep purple-ish blue abdomen Closer shot of his blie booty. One of a kind ass. America's ass, even
December 31, 2024 at 4:53 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Day 14 of my 2024 favorites: introducing @jencross.bsky.social to this magnificent Sphodros rufipes lass
The red-legged purseweb spider is one of our native mygalomorph spiders and quite a sight if you can coax one out of their tube. I recommend delivering snacks if you do. Fair trade. 🖤
Very large thick-legged black and dark purple-ish red mygalomorph spider with giant chelicerae, on a shroom crusted log
December 15, 2024 at 6:01 AM
mhedin.bsky.social
the long spinnerets of a Megahexura mygalomorph, from the southern Sierra Nevada of California, in situ

with 3 pairs of spinnerets, including the ANT lateral, POST median & POST lateral

the long posterior laterals are used to make sheet webs, the likely ancestral web construct condition in mygals
tail end of a mygalomorph spider with very long spinnerets, from which silk comes from silk spigots
May 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
thomasbarbin.bsky.social
Following up the Hexura piecea photos with Vancouver Island’s only other mygalomorph - Antrodiaetus pacificus

These spiders live in a silken retreat with a turret-like entrance.

#Mygalomorph #iNaturalist #Spider
December 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
britishspiders.bsky.social
Always a treat, Britain's only mygalomorph, the Purseweb Spider Atypus affinis, complete with its 'dirty socks' on the sandy slopes around Morden Bog.
Purseweb Spider Atypus affinis - photo copyright Barry Chadwick Purseweb Spider Atypus affinis. Photo cooyright Barry Chadwick The sand-covered, above-ground portion of a Purseweb Spiders tubular, silken web - AKA the 'dirty sock'!
September 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
ibycter.bsky.social
Got visited by a dirty little male Antrodiaetus pacificus last night!
A small male mygalomorph spider, black with a purplish abdomen, on sand, covered in dirt and debris. He is missing his front right leg.
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
spiderdaynightlive.bsky.social
Most "tarantula-like" (Mygalomorph) spiders can't use silk to balloon around, unlike "typical" (Araneomorph) spiders.
BUT. Ummidia trapdoor spiders can! (still only as babies, same as all spiders.) That's why theyre so widespread around the world compared to their relatives!
#Arachtober 🧪🌿🕷️
tjalamont.bsky.social Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · Oct 16
Here are some teeny tiny trapdoor spiderlings, found atop a plant stem getting ready to balloon away to find a new home. When I shot this, I didn't realize trapdoor spiders dispersed in this way - they're pretty chunky. But of course the babies are very small. (North Carolina) #Arachtober 🐙🌿
A group of four orange-colored, chunky trapdoor spider spiderlings in a tangle of webbing atop a dry brown plant stem, with out of focus greenery in the background.
October 16, 2024 at 9:06 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
WOMEN
Side view of a large chonky dark reddish-purple-y mygalomorph spider on tree bark; thick black legs, and massive thick chelicerae.
March 9, 2024 at 4:01 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Built to fit in a silk tube and grab snacks through the walls 🥹
Side view of the chonky mygalomorph lass, clutching a twig
February 8, 2024 at 2:21 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Got to introduce my sibs to Ms Teef (Sphodros abboti, Abbot's Purseweb Spider) today 🥹
She's safe back in her comfy tube now. Just a big derpy lump who gets extremely fierce for 0.5 seconds at Snack Time 🖤
#InverteFest #EmotionalSupportSpood
Very large thick-legged black and dark brown mygalomorph spider with giant chelicerae, hugging a tube of silk, eyes peering up, no thoughts
August 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Love when I'm rooting around in dense wiregrass for tiny salticids and suddenly there's an open trapdoor with a chonky inhabitant 😍
(Ummidia sp. trapdoor spider, one of Florida's mygalomorphs)
Small brown mygalomorph spider with thick legs, at the entrance of her silk burrow trying to close the lid (briefly held open by my knife blade)
November 3, 2024 at 1:41 AM
blueappaloosa.bsky.social
Spider organs 3d model WIP. The plan is to 3d print in clear resin, with the organs as cavities I can fill with colored paint. I don't know if this will work!

(Spider experts, feel free to offer advice. Be gentle, I'm learning spider biology as I go. This is a mygalomorph.)

#SciArt #Arachnophiles
Screenshot of a 3d model of a spider, top-ish front view. The spider's body is translucent, showing some internal organs; digestive system in orange, circulatory system in light blue, respiratory system in green, brain in yellow.
March 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Queen. 🤎
Had to introduce @jencross.bsky.social to the giant derpy lump that is Ms Sphodros rufipes (purseweb spider) this evening. Returned her safely to her silk tube afterwards. A very good Lump.
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Thick chonky black mygalomorph spider with giant chelicerae, at rest on a log which has a number of white fungal growths on it.
May 18, 2024 at 4:30 AM
antarcticempire.net
NEW SPIDER JUST DROPPED!!!

Endemic to MY BACKYARD, discovered by my people, named for my alma mater!!!! I'm so proud 🥹 #bugsky #idaho #IdahoEscape

www.krem.com/article/life...
A beautiful mygalomorph spider. Its legs and cephalothorax are a pleasing translucent brown, and its abdomen is dark brown. It is mostly hairless, and has long fine spinnerets
September 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
I was looking for the bizarre and endemic Cyclocosmia torreya there of course, a trapdoor spider with a booty like a manhole cover and on my bucket list. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Was not successful this time, but at least there were these two chonky children:
Reddish-brown chonky trapdoor spider, in my green-gloved hand Small orange-legged mygalomorph spider, on my grey pants
December 25, 2024 at 5:39 AM
ibycter.bsky.social
That’s no wolf spider…. Maybe a Sphrodros? Some big mygalomorph anyhow
July 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM
daisetsudan.bsky.social
a mygalomorph (scary, big-ass)
October 25, 2024 at 3:35 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
After learning I was misidentifying the Sphodros I've posted recently (which were actually S. rufipes), I stopped at a different habitat this evening to look for the real S. abboti, and was successful! Got some good shots of this chonky lass, then fed her a snack for the trouble. 🖤
🌿 🕷️ 🧪
Side view of a large chonky dark reddish-purple-y mygalomorph spider on her mossy tube; thick black legs, and massive thick chelicerae. Face of the chonky mygalomorph lass, little cluster of black eyes absolutely dwarfed by the massive chelicerae below The lass seen from the top, cutting a hole in her mossy silk tube to climb back inside The chonky booty is all that's visible as she's climbed back into the tube
March 7, 2024 at 3:47 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Had to work today in C. Florida and that kinda sucked, but had a little time after for a walk. And found a bucket list lad! I've seen female Sphodros abboti (mygalomorph purseweb) and they're stunning; now I've seen a male for the first time! Quite a bit smaller than his counterpart, and BLUE 💙💙
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Thick legged black spider with giant chelicerae, and a gorgeous deep blue abdomen which is diagnostic of the species Close shot of the blue booty. It's one of a kind.
June 10, 2024 at 2:09 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
On the banks of streams and such in North Carolina (and other places up there) one can occasionally find extremely miniature Mygalomorphs poking out of little burrows and this pleases me. I need to see them again. 🖤
🌿 🕷️
Small stubby legged Mygalomorph spider in a neat round burrow in the yellow sand
August 2, 2024 at 2:43 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Oh yeah, since I coaxed her out of her tube to get a look at her, I provided her with a snack as compensation. Katydid nymph was much appreciated. She'll cut through the silk wall of her tube and go back into hiding.
🌿🕷️🧪
The chonky mygalomorph lass, black chelicerae and fangs grasping a brown katydid
March 5, 2024 at 4:10 AM
mhedin.bsky.social
Interestingly, those sclerotized butts have evolved many times independently in mygalomorph spiders
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM