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Trapdoor spider
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Ummidia sp.
Scientific classification
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Suborder:
Mygalomorphae
Superfamily:
Ctenizoidea
Family:
Ctenizidae

Thorell, 1887
Genera

See text.

Diversity
9 genera, c. 120 species
Distribution.ctenizidae.1.png
Africantrapdoor
African Red Trapdoor Spider

Trapdoor Spiders are members of the spider family Ctenizidae. They dig a small burrow in the forest floor, and covers it with a dirt trapdoor.The spider lurks in its burrow with the door half-open, until something to eat walks by without knowing that the spider is watching. Then the trapdoor spider pounces, drags the prey into its trap, and slams the trapdoor shut.

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