Scientists have found a fossilised giant trapdoor spider in New South Wales, only the fourth specimen of its kind to be found in Australia.. The creature would have roamed and hunted in the ...

Even if water does get in, some trapdoor spiders can seal their bodies and essentially hold their breath. They don’t swim in their flooded burrows, but they can wait out a flood without drowning.

Cross, known as Dr Spider, called the trapdoor spider an “unsung hero” with a superpower of staying hidden. Voting for the New Zealand Bug of the Year closes at midnight on February 17.

The fossil, discovered at McGraths Flat in New South Wales, belongs to a previously unknown species of trapdoor spider named Megamonodontium mccluskyi.Measuring more than 23 millimeters in body length ...

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