Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Audouin's Trapdoor Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ummidia picea
- Missulena bradleyi — venomous
- Eucteniza relata
- Ummidia algarve
- Atrax robustus — considered venomous
- Amblyocarenum walckenaeri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Halonoproctidae
- Genus
- Ummidia
- Species
- Ummidia audouini
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