Purse-web stretching through low vegetation, it contains a female (builder) and her cohabiting mate. These individuals are also posted on BugGuide.net.
(Note: edited to change name from A. snetsingeri to A. karschi.) Male Atypus karschi found in a purse-web with the female and photographed under different lighting conditions. The A.k. males are THIN, not stout. No bright red on the legs, which lighten to orange toward their tips (meta- and tarsi). Palpal organ is small and not as obvious as Sphodros. Overall color in the field under natural indirect lighting is olive-brownish-reddish but the males can look blackish under bright natural light, fluorescent light and flash photography. Prominent darker dorsal scutum on abdomen is less prominent under brighter lighting. This individual is also posted on BugGuide.
Spiderlings were ballooning and leaving gossamer threads. Dense population here.
This fence in residential area was practically lined with pursewebs
Found by Kelly Antalya.
24 degrees Celsius, Overcast, 100% cloud cover
I found a few in this area so it seems to be a hotspot.
24 degrees Celsius, Overcast, 100% cloud cover
This one was found dead on the pathway.
24 degrees Celsius, Overcast, 100% cloud cover
I saw this guy really close to where a saw a black purse-web spider 5 days ago so I am not sure if it is the same individual.
29 degrees Celsius, Sunny, 10% cloud cover