Everyone can see the coordinates unless the taxon is threatened.
Obscured
Public coordinates shown as a random point within 10KM of the true coordinates. True coordinates are only visible to you and the curators of projects to which you add the observation.
private
Coordinates completely hidden from public maps, true coordinates only visible to you and the curators of projects to which you add the observation. Observations with private coordinates will still be used to verify place check lists.
could be... I just noticed the pill bug to the far left, that is one huge spider. I didn't know tarantulas extended that far north but they are definitely present (though rarely seen) in coastal areas of southern California. In the desert too, of course.
This doesn't look hairy enough to be a true theraphosid. My guess is that it's a female Calisoga longitarsis, which is a sizable mygalomorph that's pretty common in the Bay Area. How big was it and where did you find it?
The data quality assessment is a summary of an observation's accuracy. All
observations start as "casual" grade, and achieve
"research" grade when
the iNat community agrees with the observer's ID, where an "agreeing"
identification is one that matches exactly or is of a child taxon of the
observer's ID. For example, if Scott says it's a mammal and Ken-ichi
says it's Homo sapiens, then Ken-ichi agrees with Scott.
the observation has a date
the observation is georeferenced (i.e. has lat/lon coordinates)
the observation has a photo
Observations will revert to "casual" grade if the above conditions aren't met or
the community agrees the location doesn't looks accurate (e.g. monkeys in the middle of the ocean, hippos in office buildings, etc.)
the community agrees the organism isn't wild/naturalized (e.g. captive or cultivated by humans or intelligent space aliens)
Comments & Identifications
'big butt spider' seems as good a name as any
could be... I just noticed the pill bug to the far left, that is one huge spider. I didn't know tarantulas extended that far north but they are definitely present (though rarely seen) in coastal areas of southern California. In the desert too, of course.
This doesn't look hairy enough to be a true theraphosid. My guess is that it's a female Calisoga longitarsis, which is a sizable mygalomorph that's pretty common in the Bay Area. How big was it and where did you find it?
Hi... the "butt" (abdomen?) was the size of a nickel and we saw it in Santa Cruz, in the UCSC Arboretum.
If it was that big then I think this is the one.
I am really tempted to put 'big butt spider' as one of the common names for this species... but I resisted.
Thanks for resisting. There are many spiders with some junk in the trunk, so it's not the best common name.
good point, it doesn't give 'credit' to other copious-abdomened spiders.
Add a comment
Add an identification