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Trapdoor spiders hide in their burrows and wait for prey to come
along.A trapdoor spider can be 1-4 cm long, and have 8 eyes, a pair
in the middle and 3 on each side but despite this their
eyesight
is usually poor.
Giant trapdoor spiders have poor eyesight, but
they are very sensitive to
vibrations.
It has 8 legs, 2 fangs , and 2 body parts ,which
are the abdomen and the thorax.
Trapdoor spiders are stocky and have 8 legs that are
thick but short! Their body is thinly covered with hairs which detect vibrations in the earth. The mother can live more than
12 years but they usually only live up to 1-2 years.
Trapdoor spiders can be distinguished from the more dangerous Funnel
web spider by its brown or mottled markings. When in danger, a Trapdoor spider will freeze or flee whereas a Funnel web will
rear back aggressively. A Trapdoor spider has smaller spinnerets than a funnel web. Trapdoor spiders are not particularly
harmful to man however, like Tarantulas, the tiny hairs on the legs of some species leave tiny red marks where the "toothed"
hairs on the spiders' feet have clung to the skin.
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