Chlidonias

mygalomorph spider (tarantula)

In burrows in a roadside clay bank at Bukit Fraser, a hill station a couple of hours outside Kuala Lumpur. The burrows are lined with silk and interestingly the spider draws surrounding dead leaves into the burrow and uses them to make a sort of extension to the entrance. This photo was taken at night when the spiders sit just inside the entrance and wait for insect prey to blunder past.
In burrows in a roadside clay bank at Bukit Fraser, a hill station a couple of hours outside Kuala Lumpur. The burrows are lined with silk and interestingly the spider draws surrounding dead leaves into the burrow and uses them to make a sort of extension to the entrance. This photo was taken at night when the spiders sit just inside the entrance and wait for insect prey to blunder past.

Photo here of the spider outside the burrow: http://www.zoochat.com/743/mygalomorph-spider-tarantula-352113/
 

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