AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
151 followers · 2740 posts · Server ohai.socialNew giant species of spider that makes trapdoors discovered in Australia | The Independent
#Spider
#NewSpecies
#TrapdoorSpider
#Queensland
#Australia
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/trapdoor-spider-australia-queensland-b2306793.html
#spider #newspecies #trapdoorspider #queensland #australia
Norobiik · @Norobiik
245 followers · 3892 posts · Server noc.social"The spider has been named #EuoplosDignitas, the former meaning a group of trapdoor spiders, and the latter meaning dignity or greatness which is a nod to the size of the spider and Project DIG."
‘It’s very big’: new species of giant #TrapdoorSpider discovered in Queensland | #Spiders #Australia | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/21/new-species-giant-trapdoor-spider-discovered-queensland?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium#Echobox=1679384396
#australia #spiders #trapdoorspider #euoplosdignitas
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1305 followers · 12612 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Scientists believe they have #discovered a #new #parasitic #fungus which #preys on trapdoor #spiders in #Brazil ’s Atlantic #rainforest .
The #rare #organism , which is purple, belongs to a group of #fungi that #infect #invertebrates & take over the host. A closeup image shows the fungus wrapped around the body of a #TrapdoorSpider , poking out of the burrow from which the #arachnid grabs insects.
#NewDiscovery #Science #Amazon #BreakingNews #SaveTheRainforest
#scientists #discovered #new #parasitic #fungus #preys #spiders #brazil #rainforest #rare #organism #fungi #infect #invertebrates #trapdoorspider #arachnid #newdiscovery #science #amazon #breakingnews #savetherainforest