Help!! What spider is this? Dangerous??

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Tomjohnvanisle Parksville, bc, Canada Sep 08, 2019

Found this on my back door mat at night just now, pleasr what is this? Reminds me of a tarantula😳

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 09, 2019

This is a male folding-door trapdoor spider in the genus Antrodiaetus; these wander about looking for females that usually don't leave their burrows. They are not dangerous to humans and do indeed belong to the group of spiders (Mygalomorpha) that includes tarantulas.

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Tomjohnvanisle Parksville, bc, Canada Sep 09, 2019

Hey ok, thanks so much for taking the time to reply:)

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