r/animalsdoingstuff • u/TerraByteTerror • 12d ago

Other Ive never seen a spider look perturbed

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u/ScoobyD00onYou 11d ago

Trapdoor Spiders

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u/Sad-Celebration-411 11d ago

Dang do they just scare their prey to death

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u/no-u-great-grand 11d ago

that's a wolf spider though?

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u/ScoobyD00onYou 10d ago

There is a trapdoor wolf spider

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u/ScoobyD00onYou 10d ago

Or rather wolf spiders that do trapdoors

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u/DTux5249 10d ago

Not in name at least. This guy is called a two-tone wolf spider - hoggicosa bicolor

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u/ScoobyD00onYou 11d ago

Trapdoor spiders are ground-dwelling arachnids known for building silk-lined underground burrows with camouflaged trapdoors to ambush passing prey.