Nemesia uncinata
Trapdoor Spider
ORDER: Araneae FAMILY: Nemesiidae SIZE: 15-23 mm

CHARACTERISTICS: six eyes grouped together in pairs: two lateral and one median; brownish colour; slender appearance; males with numerous spines on inferior leg segments.
DEVELOPMENT: direct.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: relatively common in Southern Portugal; generalist predator; hides in lidded holes dug into the ground; hunts by ambushing passing prey

Species from the same group