A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes out of some spiders — and there's a new species to add to the list.

Rare and colorful, the tarantula-like creature is a type of golden trapdoor spider belonging to the genus Euoplos, which since 2017 has been the subject of an extensive research program, according ...

Trapdoor spiders traditionally have a life span between five and 20 years. While females stay in or near their burrows, males leave once they are mature and go in search of a mate.

The Parilarilao trapdoor spider is considered “medium sized,” reaching about 0.5 inches in length, the study said. It has “eight eyes ringed with black,” claws and a brown, hairy body.

The trapdoor spider lives in the open woodland habitats and builds burrows in the black soils in northeast Australia. "It's a big, beautiful species," said Michael Rix, ...

Trapdoor spiders lay claim to being the oldest recorded living spiders in the world that we know of. Porongurup is home to two species of trapdoor spider, the brown Cataxia (above) and the black ...

Trapdoor spiders live underground in burrows of up to 30 centimetres deep, ranging from 2cm to around 20cm wide. These are covered with a trapdoor-like lid made of soil, silk and plants.

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The spiders typically measure about 1.5cm, and up to 3cm for male trapdoor spiders, while female members of the species can live for over 20 years in the wild and grow up to 5cm long.

A new, giant species of trapdoor spider has been discovered in Queensland, Australia, which researchers are describing as "rare" and "secretive.". The species, Euoplos dignitas, was identified ...

Dr Rix said trapdoor spiders were suited to natural woodland remnants. "They're not very good at getting around the landscape and dispersing — for example, compared to a flying insect," he said.