Trapdoor Pics

[Spiderbilly]

Hi,
here are some Pics of my Gorgyrella inermis. Maybe you can post also pics of your trapdoor-spiders.

If you want to put some picture on your homepage, please say me first.

Bye Billy

PS: The new design looks very good

 

[conipto]

Great pictures, Don't see many good ones of TD spiders. That said, can it burrow in that substrate?

Bill

 

[WhiteRabbit]

There are not mach sand !
The trapdoor spiders mache a long brorow

 

[Spiderbilly]

Hi,
yes, although the substrate is very hard, it can burrow in it. After 2 days, I pu it in my tank, it finished the burrow with the trapdoor.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

Ok perfect, the rad trapdoor it's vary particular !

 

[Spiderbilly]

Hi,

There are not mach sand !

Well, the substrat in the box is about 25cm (i think 10inches). Now, it burrow is only arround 10cm (4inches).

 

[hermitman64]

Awesome pictures, I see very few Trapdoor pictures this good.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

Vary strange but i see a black trapdoor litlest then rad and it's mach a deep borow 30 cm "+or -"

 

[Spiderbilly]

Hi,
i´ve new pictures of the burrow:

Sorry for the small size of the photos.

 

[WithCerberus]

Here are a few pics of my set up for my Antrodiaetus unicolor. This is really only a temporary set up for her until i find her a nicer one. it is a little short for her. Her burrow when i caught her was almost twice as long as the jar will allow.

 

[Chris V]

Her burrow when i caught her was almost twice as long as the jar will allow.

Forgive my ignorance, I'm not up to speed on trap door spiders but are they indiginious to the U.S.? I thought they were Old World. Great Pix guys!!!

 

[WithCerberus]

The New World has an extremely diverse assemblage of trapdoor and purseweb spiders. Some like A.unicolor are pretty common while others like Spodros niger are pretty rare. The southeast has tons of different mygalomorphs. You should check out Cyclocosmia torreya and C.truncata. They are really cool trapdoor spiders.

Bobby

 

[Chris V]

Do they have a hot bite? I thought they were on the "use caution" list.

 

[WithCerberus]

None of the american species are known to be very toxic to people, not to say it would feel all that great to be bit by one. Some of the african species are thought to be pretty hot though.

Bobby

 

[manville]

those are really good pictures

 

[chuck]

OH NO!!!! the hobby has sank its fangs into me again. :}

they are very ugly, a hairless T it seems. i am looking to get 1 but cannot find very good caresheets. art cerda hooked me up with a quickie but i would like to read more about them b4 i buy one. what i would most like to know is their max size. i am currently looking at a list and they have the red trap door (Gorgyrella sp) at 2" and a Golden Leg Trap Door 2". the tank i bought which may not be good now is a round fish tank, similar to the KKs. 7" diameter and 6" tall. too short for the 2 species i mentioned above?

 

[WithCerberus]

That may be a little short for them. I have never kept those species but would imagine that they will do the same ting that mine does. My girl burrowed all the way to the bottom and then just followed the bottom to extend it further.

 

[word]

wow, great pics! i'm gonna have to see if there are any species native to wisconsin that i might find!

 

[WithCerberus]

This species is found in wisconsin... it is Sphodros niger

it isn't a trapdoor spider, it is a purseweb spider. It is the only mygalomorph native to wisconsin. They are really cool and really rare. They make purse webs that lay on the ground (like Atypus affinus in europe) in areas that are fairly grassy. Anyways good luck with your hunting and let everyone know if you find one!

Bobby

 

[G_Wright]

mine