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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)
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    This spider is good at blending in with soil. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife)
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    The round hole is the entrance to the spider’s burrow. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife)
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    The Fagilde’s trapdoor spider does not leave its nest often. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife)
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    A trapdoor spider makes its way to a burrow. (Sergio Henriques/Global Wildlife)
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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)