What is Trapdoor spider?
{{Taxobox | image = Ummidia sp.jpg | image_caption = ''Ummidia'' sp. | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropoda]] | classis = [[Arachnida]] | ordo = [[Araneae]] | subordo = [[Mygalomorphae]] | superfamilia = '''Ctenizoidea''' | familia = '''Ctenizidae''' | familia_authority = [[Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell|Thorell]], 1887 | diversity_link = List of Ctenizidae species | diversity = 9 genera, c. 120 species | range_map = Distribution.ctenizidae.1.png | range_map_width = 250px | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. }} [[File:Africantrapdoor.JPG|thumb|alt=Trapdoor spider|African Red Trapdoor Spider]] '''Trapdoor Spiders''' are members of the [[spider]] [[family (biology)|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.<ref> {{cite book |title=Jungle Animals Over 100 Questions and Answers to Things You Want to Know |last=Ganeri |first=Anita |year=2000 |location=Dubai, U.A.E |isbn=0-75254-909-X }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mygalomorphae]]