Fagilde’s Trapdoor Spider was described by a pioneering team of scientists in 1931, but the arachnid was lost to science for nearly a century until an expedition team with protectspecies and indianapoliszoo searched Fagilde, the town where the species was first discovered. Follow the link in bio for the full story. The spider is the 12th species to be rediscovered by rewild’s Search for Lost Species. The unique burrows of Fagilde’s Trapdoor Spiders helped guide the search. The expedition team scoured the leaf litter and forest floor in and around Fagilde for camouflaged trapdoor spider burrows, no more than 4 inches long with locked circular doors only one inch in diameter. They were hoping to find burrows with entrances extending horizontally in the soil before dropping vertically into the ground. (Most trapdoor spider burrows are completely vertical.) They found one burrow with a female spider inside guarding about 10 baby spiders—it was a Fagilde’s Trapdoor Spider. #SearchforLost...