Trapdoor spider

Trapdoor Spiders are members of the spider family Ctenizidae. They dig a small burrow in the forest floor, and covers it with a dirt trapdoor.The spider lurks in its burrow with the door half-open, until something to eat walks by without knowing that the spider is watching. Then the trapdoor spider pounces, drags the prey into its trap, and slams the trapdoor shut.^[1]

Trapdoor spider
Ummidia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Superfamily:	Ctenizoidea
Family:	Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887
Genera
See text.
Diversity
9 genera, c. 120 species

African Red Trapdoor Spider