Purseweb spiders are a family of cryptic arachnids closely related to tarantulas. Here, we explored radio telemetry as a means of locating the heretofore undescribed females of a newly discovered species of the genus Sphodros. Males were collected from pitfall traps and successfully outfitted with VHF transmitters. The spiders survived several days following application, and their locomotion was unimpeded. While the males ultimately died before reaching female webs, subsequent visual searches for webs were successful.