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Beautiful Texas Tooth


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I agree...it certainly does look like a trapdoor spider (which is a mygalomorph spider like the classic 'tarantulas').  I haven't seen many of those in this area of Texas.

 

-Joe

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20 minutes ago, Fruitbat said:

I agree...it certainly does look like a trapdoor spider (which is a mygalomorph spider like the classic 'tarantulas').  I haven't seen many of those in this area of Texas.

 

-Joe

We called it a turantula until I looked it up myself and found it to be a trapdoor. I have seen turantulas when I lived in McKinney, TX and had built a new house. When I was younger we saw them quite often when we were dove hunting at dusk walking across the dirt roads. Don’t see many anymore.

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No...I used to see them all the time here in the Dallas area too...but since the arrival of fire ants and the widespread use of pesticides, their populations seem to have dropped dramatically.  Same with horned lizards...at least around here.

 

-Joe

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15 hours ago, sharko69 said:

Those are Ptychodus teeth. We have had the eye for them lately.

They are very cool! Thanks for the info.

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13 hours ago, Andy B said:

They are very cool! Thanks for the info.

My pleasure. Here is a picture of my favorite I found last year.

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On ‎6‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 12:42 AM, sharko69 said:

My pleasure. Here is a picture of my favorite I found last year.

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That IS nice!

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On 6/13/2018 at 8:57 PM, Fruitbat said:

Looks like you had a great day/weekend!  VERY nice teeth!  Now...I have a question...are those wild ferns in the background in the first picture?  Love the tarantula!  It looks like it just moulted.

 

-Joe

Those look like locus saplings rather than ferns to me.

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10 hours ago, KimTexan said:

Those look like locus saplings rather than ferns to me.

That was my 1st thought, then I remembered those small mimosa plants that close up their leaves when you touch them. I forget how to tell them apart.

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