Number 16, the world’s oldest spider, lived for 43 years before a wasp sting ended her life, offering valuable insights into ...

The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

These are the homes of the Porongurup trapdoor (Cataxia sp.), a shy brown spider that grows to about 4cm long, with a dark body and light brown legs. The Porongurup trapdoors are charming architects ...

Trapdoor spiders look intimidating, but they are not considered dangerous to humans. While their bites can cause mild pain and swelling, they are not venomous enough to pose a serious threat.

By J. Traherne Moggridge. With specific descriptions of the Spiders, by the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge. (Reeve and Co., 1874.) You have full access to this article via your institution.

From beaches to ghats to forts to temples and water sports, there's so much to explore in Maharashtra's Konkan belt ...

The secret of that success was not just his ability to put everything under the microscope, from his family to the trapdoor spiders at the bottom of the garden, but to do it with so much such ...

The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

Footage shows him gently nudge the lid of the spider’s burrow ... it doing that very cool behaviour — popping out of its trap door to try and catch something and then disappearing back ...

with Gua Kanthan itself known as the only place on earth that is home to the trapdoor spider (Lipistius kanthan), which lives alongside other rare species. The idea of developing Kinta Valley into ...

Watch turret spiders, wormlions, assassin bugs and dragonfly babies use stealth, speed and lethal weapons to dispatch their prey.