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Bothriocyrtum californicum, the California trapdoor spider, is a species of spider in the family Halonoproctidae. It is found in the United States. [1] Males are smaller than females. [2] Predators include the spider wasp Psorthaspis planata, which use their bodies as larval nurseries, and skunks, which dig up their burrows. [2]
Trapdoor spider is a common name that is used to refer to various spiders from several different groups that create burrows with a silk-hinged trapdoor to help them ambush prey. Several families within the infraorder Mygalomorphae contain trapdoor spiders: Actinopodidae, a family otherwise known as 'mouse-spiders', in South America and Australia
Aptostichus barackobamai (also known as the Barack Obama trapdoor spider) is a large species of trapdoor spider in the family Euctenizidae named after the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. The species was first reported by Jason Bond of Auburn University in December 2012 as one of 33 new species of the genus Aptostichus. The ...
The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3,000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to their creation of trapdoors over their burrows.
Antrodiaetidae, also known as folding trapdoor spiders or folding-door spiders, is a small spider family related to atypical tarantulas. They are found almost exclusively in the western and midwestern United States, from California to Washington and east to the Appalachian Mountains . [ 1 ]
Wolf spider. What they look like: With over 200 species of wolf spiders crawling around, it’s no wonder that they range in size and appearance.“The largest species can be up to an inch and a ...
Psorthaspis planata is a spider-hunting wasp of western North America, mostly commonly observed in the Californias. [1] Prey species include the California trapdoor spider. [2] According to entomologist J. Chester Bradley in 1944, the females of Psorthaspis planata have "the tops of the eyes remote from the top of the head, and the ocelli ...
Aptostichus bonoi, or Bono's Joshua Tree trapdoor spider, is a morphological species of Euctenizidae spiders, nocturnal arthropods who seize their prey after leaping out of their burrows and inject it with venom. [1] The species was found in Joshua Tree National Park, [2] California, and described by the Auburn University professor Jason Bond ...