1. Trapdoor Spider Looks Like Where Lives Web Babies Enemies

2. Looks Like • Trapdoor spiders are an inch or more long in the body with 8 short legs.The hairs on the body and legs are short.Trapdoor spiders are usually some shade of brown.They are not pretty.Their jaws are large.

3. Where Lives • Trapdoor spiders live in tropical countries. Some live in North America and Europe.

4. Web • Trapdoor spiders dig a shaft in the ground to live in. They make a trapdoor to get in and out of the shaft. That is why they are called trapdoor spiders. The trapdoor is made of silk. The spider digs a tunnel and lines it with silk to catch insects.The tunnel is one foot long.The spider gets food without ever coming out of the shaft.When an insect comes near , the trapdoor spider puts its fang in the insect and wraps it in silk.

5. Babies • Trapdoor spiders lay 100 to 150 eggs. They hatch in August and September. The females lay their eggs in a silken cocoon on the wall of the shaft.

6. Enemies • The trapdoor spider’s worst enemies are people and wasps.

7. Something Interesting • The trapdoor spider uses one of its eight legs to open and close the trapdoor.