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Trap Door Spiders (Ctenizidae)

Trap Door Spiders (Ctenizidae). By Barb and Jeff. Characteristics of Ctenizidae (Trapdoor Spider). Medium-sized spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk Trapdoor is hinged on one side with silk

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Trap Door Spiders (Ctenizidae)

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  1. Trap Door Spiders(Ctenizidae) By Barb and Jeff

  2. Characteristics of Ctenizidae(Trapdoor Spider) • Medium-sized spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk • Trapdoor is hinged on one side with silk • Usually nocturnal, typically wait for prey while holding onto the underside of the door with their claws • Detects the prey by vibrations and when it comes close enough, the spider leaps out of its burrow and captures it • Enemies of the trapdoor spider include the spider wasps, which seek out the burrows to gain entrance. They sting the owner and lay their eggs on its body. When the egg hatches, the larva devours the spider alive

  3. Indented Classification Life on Earth Eukayotes (Nucleus) Metazoa (Animals) Bilateria Ecdysozoa Arthropoda (Insects, Spiders, etc) Worms Cheliceramorpha Insects Arachnida (Spiders, Mites, Scorpions) Sea Spiders Araneae (Spiders) Scorpionida Acari (Ticks/Mites) Mygalomorphae Ctenizidae Aneomorphae

  4. Ecdysozoa Arthropoda Worms Exoskeleton Cheliceramorpha Insects 8 Walking Legs(Independent FangsInvasion of Land) Arachnida Sea Spiders Land Araneae Scorpionida Acari (Ticks/Mites) Silk ProductionStingers/Claws Mygalomorphae Araneomorephae “Vampire” Fangs“Pinching” Fangs Ctenizidae Phylogenetic Tree

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