File:Ctenizidae Cork-lid Trapdoor spider dwelling IMG 4033s.JPG
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English: Ctenizidae, probable genus: Stasimopus. Cork-lid Trapdoor spider burrow saved intact in baking powder tin ca late 19th century |
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| Author | JonRichfield |
This intact specimen of a Cork-lid Trapdoor spider burrow was dug out about a century ago and kept among the effects of a South African naturalist who was killed in WWI, Edward Stuart Cardinal Dyke (c. 1873-1915)[1]. The probable location of the nest in the wild would be somewhere in the rural Eastern Cape. The diameter of the tin was about 50 mm. The depth might be about 100 mm. The ring of punctures on the inside of the lid shows where the spider had held the lid closed from within, suggesting that the burrow had been occupied for some years.
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