New giant species of spider that makes trapdoors discovered in Australia | The Independent
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/trapdoor-spider-australia-queensland-b2306793.html
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"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
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#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.
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