Subject: East Texas Arachnid
Geographic location of the bug: East Texas
Date: 10/10/2017
Time: 11:29 AM EDT
Greetings! Long-time reader and fellow entomomaniac here. I have a friend who found this fellow around her home in East Texas in September. I’ll admit that my arachnid knowledge is lacking; my best guess was that it was a juvenile tarantula that had recently molted, but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
How you want your letter signed: Dani Gardner
Dear Dani,
This is not a Tarantula, but it is a Trapdoor Spider that is classified along with Tarantulas as a primitive spider in the infraorder Mygalomorphae. We will attempt to provide you with a species identification.
Daniel,
Sounds good! Thank you very much for your help!
Dani