Trapdoor spiders are medium-sized arachnids with sturdy bodies and thick legs built for digging. They have a dark brown or black coloration and a shiny, rounded abdomen. Trapdoor spiders look ...

The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

Each is a circular turret decorated with karri leaves, flower petals, sticks and grass to blend in with the forest floor. These are the homes of the Porongurup trapdoor (Cataxia sp.), a shy brown ...

This extraordinarily successful wildlife rescue story will change your view of spiders.

A fascinating example of this is the newly discovered giant trapdoor spider, Euoplos dignitas, found in Queensland, Australia. A team of researchers from Queensland Museum’s Project DIG recently ...

Crickets often serve as food themselves and are typically fed to reptiles and amphibians. But what do crickets eat? Let’s investigate. Often, people mix up crickets and grasshoppers because of their ...

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