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The pine rocklands trapdoor spider recently was identified at a South Florida zoo. Pictured above is another species of trapdoor, the ummidia nidicolens, emerging from its burrow. (Getty Images/Oxford Scientific)
MIAMI, FL Arachnophobes, beware a new species of venomous spider recently was identified in South Florida with the help of researchers at a Miami-based zoo.
Zoo Miami Conservation & Research shared a photo of the spider to its Facebook page, introducing it as the Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider.
Though the spider was first discovered in 2012 while a staff member was checking reptile traps in the endangered pine rocklands surrounding Zoo Miami, Tampa Bay-based FOX 13 reported.
Florida zoo discovers new species of large spider Zoo Miami staff helped discover a brand new species of large spider (Source: Zoo Miami) By ABC7 Staff | April 28, 2021 at 10:18 AM EDT - Updated April 28 at 10:18 AM
MIAMI, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida has a reputation as being the âAustralia of Americaâ with a long list of animals that outsiders consider to be terrifying. A recent discovery by Zoo Miami is doing nothing to quash that stereotype.
A zookeeper at Zoo Miami discovered a brand new species of a large venomous spider in a reptile trap in 2012.
The zookeeper shared the photo of the spider with the Zooâs Conservation and Research Department for identification but it didnât match any existing records for known species in the region.
described it.
A few years back in 2012, workers from the Miami zoo first discovered the creepy spider and thought that the arachnid was of an unusual species and brought it back home with them. It was only when a few years later, a second specimen was discovered and confirmed to be of a new venomous spider species, according to animal expert s evaluation.
A finding on April 2 was released by two Californian scientists, naming the spiders Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider, or
ummidia richmond. As the name infers, the spider was found by zookeepers in Pine Rocklands National Park, South Florida.
(Photo : Photo by Michael Willinger from Pexels)
A venomous, tarantula-like spider discovered in South Florida in 2012 has been identified as a new species of medium-sized trapdoor spiders, according to experts.
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