Trapdoor spiders primarily feed on a diet of insects and small invertebrates, benefiting from the abundant protein and nutrients necessary for growth and reproduction. Although they are generalist ...

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The fossil, discovered at McGraths Flat in New South Wales, belongs to a previously unknown species of trapdoor spider named Megamonodontium mccluskyi.Measuring more than 23 millimeters in body length ...

Some trapdoor spiders have been recorded only taking a breath every six minutes. Do not burst their bubble. Some spiders take the air with them like a scuba diver. On the Great Barrier Reef coast, a ...

Even if water does get in, some trapdoor spiders can seal their bodies and essentially hold their breath. They don’t swim in their flooded burrows, but they can wait out a flood without drowning.