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It is a tunnel or shaft dug into the soil. It can be lined with spider silk. Trapdoor Spiders make a "door" for their tunnel out of their own silk. Some burrows consist of one straight shaft. Other burrows are constructed like the letter H with one door visible from the outside, and the other exit not quite dug through to the outside until an emergency exit is needed. There can be an inside door protecting the horizontal tunnel. If the spider is attacked by something that comes inside, the spider will retreat through the second door, close it behind her, and hope that the intruder will go all the way to the bottom in a straight line, be unable to find anything to eat, and will then leave. If that does not work and the intruder pulls open the inside door, then the spider retreats and exits by digging out the top of the hidden vertical shaft.
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A sentence for the word burrow?
we entered in the rabbit's Burrow. The burrow was very big.
What flying bug kills a spider?
Wasps in the family Pompilidae prey upon spiders. They don't kill the spider- they paralyze the spider, take it back to a burrow, and lay an egg in its abdomen. Then the wasp seals the burrow up. When the wasp larvae hatches from the egg, the paralyzed spider serves as a food source.
What Missouri spider makes burrow webs?
The Wolf spider is the only one i know of in missouri.. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2421024
Do spiders eat scorpions?
Yes. One favorite meal is the trap-door spider. The scorpion waits inside the spider's burrow for the spider to return, then stings it.
What is the life cycle of a purse web spider?
The male purse spider will seek out a female spider. After mating they will live in her tunnel until his death. She will consume him and make an egg sac that is hung in the burrow. The eggs do not hatch until the next summer, and the baby spiders will not leave their mother's burrow until the following spring.
What is the best reason why the spider lines its burrow with silk?
Lining a burrow with silk has several advantages. Which one is the most important may depend on other factors, such as the weather. In soil that is very stable and unlikely to cave in, burrow linings are probably most important for helping the spider get a good grip as it moves in its burrow, and for giving the spider a good place to hang its egg sac after it has laid a clutch of eggs. In soil that is sandy or in soil that gets shifty when wet, the biggest advantage to the spider is that the webbing helps keep the tunnel from caving in. Trapdoor spiders sometimes get attacked by wasps or other animals that try to pull their door open. The spider grabs her side of the silk-covered door with her fangs and hangs on tightly to the burrow wall with her eight feet. Without a burrow lining to give the spider's claws a good grip, it would be very much easier to pull her out.
How does a camel spider lay it's eggs?
Camel Spiders burrow a whole in the sand and she lays her egges.
What does a trapdoor spider do before it builds its trapdoor?
After a young trapdoor spider hatches and eventually leaves its mother's burrow it will travel some distance away, find a suitable spot, and dig a burrow. It will generally use silk to stabilize the walls of the borrow, and then it will use more silk to make a tight cap to cover the mouth of its burrow so that intruders cannot get in, and so that it can lurk just inside the partially opened door in wait for prey.
What is the home of a spider called?
mine lives in a burrow, but i have heard nest, aerie, white house. the latter is only for the bush recluse of course.
How do tarantulas help some wasps reproduce?
They don't exactly 'help' the wasp to reproduce ! Some species of wasp actively prey on tarantulas. They paralyse the spider with powerful venom (but don't kill it). The helpless spider is dragged into the wasps burrow - where it lays an egg on the spider's body. The grub hatches and, as it grows, it eats the spider alive before pupating into an adult wasp !
Is a burrow a synonym?
a burrow is a synonym
What is the antonym of burrow?
The antonym for the noun burrow (animal den or shelter) is not a burrow, no burrow. The antonym for verb burrow (to drill or dig a hole) is to fill or to fill in. The antonym for the verb burrow (to hide or to cover) is expose, reveal, uncover. The antonym for the verb burrow (to cuddle or to hold) is push away.
