Still on the subject of Liphistius desultor. Today I'm going to open the "door" of Liphistius desultor.
Photo 1 shows the "trapdoor" as it is in the wild.
I'm opening the door very delicately.
There!!! Welcome to my world!
The burrow is a horizontal shaft that goes in and sometimes it makes an L-turn and can be as deep as 20 inches or more. It is very smooth as there's a layer of fine web covering it all the way.
That is truly an amazing sight. Though probably dangerous? Venom from other spiders or maybe attacks from snakes or not at all?
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