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Trapdoor! Trapdoor flap and showing the &#039;trip wires&#039; this spider used to hunt.<br />
When a prey crawls pass it&#039;s entrance and triggered the &#039;trip wires&#039;, the Spider will rush out with amazing speed to capture the prey and pulls it inside their hole to consume.<br />
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The Spiders usually hunts at night time, so I had to go back at night time to hopefully see them outside their holes. Liphistius desultor,Malaysia,Penang,Segmented Spider,Spider,Trapdoor Spider Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Trapdoor!

Trapdoor flap and showing the 'trip wires' this spider used to hunt.
When a prey crawls pass it's entrance and triggered the 'trip wires', the Spider will rush out with amazing speed to capture the prey and pulls it inside their hole to consume.

The Spiders usually hunts at night time, so I had to go back at night time to hopefully see them outside their holes.

    comments (3)

  1. WHOA! That is so cool! Posted 3 years ago
    1. Yes they are.
      Check out this video of similar trapdoor spider, but doesn't looks like it has the obvious trip-wires :

      Posted 3 years ago
      1. Amazing!!! I love this! Posted 3 years ago

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Liphistius desultor is a species of Segmented Spider from Family Liphistiidae.

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Sep 30, 2021. Captured Sep 5, 2021 16:17.
  • TG-6
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 18mm