Researchers say the female spiders, which are typically larger than the males, can grow up to five centimetres in body length and can live for up to 20 years in the wild.
A new and"rare" species of giant trapdoor spider has been discovered in Australia.
The large eight-legged arachnid is so big that it has been named"Euoplos dignitas" - meaning dignity or greatness in Latin - in honour of its"impressive" size. Researchers say the female spiders, which are typically larger than the males, can grow up to five centimetres in body length. "It's a big, beautiful species," said one of the lead researchers, Dr Michael Rix, who is the curator of arachnology at Queensland Museum.The spider lives in open woodland habitats and builds its burrows in the black soils of the Brigalow Belt in Central Queensland, which is on the northeastern coast of Australia.
However, these woodlands have been fractured by over 150 years of human development, and now include some of Queensland's most threatened ecological communities.Researchers say the spider, which can live up to 20 years in the wild, has lost much of its habitat to land clearing, likely making it an endangered species.Advertisement
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