The spider feeds on insects, small arthropods and even other predators like centipedes and scorpions, but it generally has no interest in humans. Where Are Trapdoor Spiders Commonly Found?

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 ...

IN April there were media reports about “saving” Gua Kanthan in Perak. Several parts of a limestone hill near Gua Kanthan are used as a quarry and now there are concerns that the area within ...

However, even the funnel-web's more closely related mygalomorph cousins, such as wishbone, metallic tube and trapdoor spiders are not (to use the Australian Spider Identification Page's own ...

A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba.