Subject: What kind of spider is this?
Geographic location of the bug: Peru-Machu Picchu
Date: 08/29/2021
Time: 05:48 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Hi! I saw the spider pictured in my photo on a rock at Machu Picchu in late August.
How you want your letter signed: Melinda
Trapdoor Spider we believe
Dear Melinda,
This is a primitive spider in the Infraorder Mygalomorphae, a group that includes Tarantulas and Trapdoor Spiders. Your individual does not look hairy enough to be a Tarantula, so we suspect it is a Trapdoor Spider. We did try to locate matching images online with no luck, though we searched for both Tarantulas and Trapdoor Spiders in Peru.
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