Just when it seems like the world is out of surprises, a new species comes creeping out of the shadows to shake things up. While many new species are still being discovered in remote regions like the Amazon Rainforest of South America , such discoveries are less common in America's most populated state.

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, discovered a tiny trapdoor spider that was previously thought to be a variety of another species before genetic testing proved otherwise. The discovery of this new California spider species reignites the hope that there could be more undiscovered life waiting to be identified.

Despite having only recently been identified, visitors to California's state parks and coastal destinations may very well have come across the elusive spider

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