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Sphodros rufipes
Red-legged Purseweb Spider
Sphodros rufipes is a mygalomorph spider in the purseweb spider family Atypidae, native to eastern and southern North America. First described as Atypus rufipes by Latreille in 1829, it was transferred to the genus Sphodros in 1980. The species is notable for its distinctive hunting strategy using a silk tunnel constructed against trees or other objects, and for the pronounced sexual dimorphism in leg coloration. Females have been documented living up to 7 years.