The nocturnal species can be found burrowed inside trapdoors about the diameter of a 50-cent piece in the black soil west of Bundaberg.
abc.net.au/news/giant-trapdoor-spider-species-discovered-in-queensland/102121974Researchers have officially described a new "rare and giant" species of trapdoor spider only found in central Queensland's Brigalow Belt.
"The females, which are the larger trapdoor spiders of the two sexes, they're almost five centimetres in body length," arachnologist Michael Rix said. While the Queensland Museum's Project DIG team's discovery is an exciting one, Dr Rix says the species is endangered.'Dignity or greatness'
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