Tap goes the spider.
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A Fagilde’s trapdoor spider sits in a hand. Can you see the stripes on its body? (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife) -
This spider is good at blending in with soil. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife) -
The round hole is the entrance to the spider’s burrow. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife) -
The Fagilde’s trapdoor spider does not leave its nest often. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife) -
A trapdoor spider makes its way to a burrow. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife)
Knock, knock. Who is there? This spider taps on a burrow door. He wants to meet a female. People had not seen this critter for years.
Trapdoor spiders make burrow doors from their silk.
Pray: Thank God for all of His creation. Spiders have an important job. They eat insects.
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Mr. Sergio Henriques looked for the Fagilde’s trapdoor spider for more than 10 years. The spiders live around the village of Fagilde in Portugal. A scientist first noted the creature in 1931. It has distinct stripes on its back. Trapdoor spiders open the silk door of their burrows to grab bugs. A male spider drums on the door to tell a female, “I am not food. Please be my mate.”
God made “everything that creeps on the ground.” He saw that “it was good.” (Genesis 1:25)
