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Cork lid trapdoor spider cyclocosmia sp.
Cork lid trapdoor spider cyclocosmia sp dsc 0937 photographed under captivity for documentation purposes.
The cork lid trapdoor spider has a highly sclerotised and abruptly truncated abdominal posterior which is used as a plug to its burrow entrance.
Cyrtaucheniidae a family of wafer lid trapdoor spiders with wide distribution except cooler regions euctenizidae a family of spiders that make wafer like or cork like trapdoors halonoproctidae a family of spiders that make wafer like or cork like trapdoors and includes the phragmotic genus cyclocosmia african cork lid trapdoor spider.
Trapdoor spiders trapdoor spiders are a medium sized mygalomorph an infraorder of spiders spiders that construct burrows with a cork like trapdoor made of soil vegetation and silk.
This prevents any effective attacks from predators such as wasps.
Based on collected data the geographic range for cyclocosmia includes 2 countries and 2 states in the united states.
Photographed under captivity for documentation purposes.
Cyclocosmia is a genus of spiders in the family halonoproctidae cyclocosmia spiders have been sighted 3 times by contributing members.
Cyclocosmia is most often sighted outdoors and during the month of march.
The cork lid trapdoor spider has a highly sclerotised and abruptly truncated abdominal posterior which is used as a plug to its burrow entrance.
This prevents any effective attacks from predators such as wasps.
Trapdoor spiders make up the family ctenizidae of the order.
The cork lid trapdoor spider has a highly sclerotised and abruptly truncated abdominal posterior which is used as a plug to its burrow entrance.
Cork lid trapdoor spider cyclocosmia sp dsc 0937 photographed under captivity for documentation purposes.