trapdoor spider
Refers to spiders of the families Ctenizidae and Antrodiaetidae, known for building burrows with a hinged lid. In everyday Japanese, the katakana form トタテグモ is standard.
Trapdoor spiders dig a hole in the ground, make a lid, and hide inside.
Nests of trapdoor spiders are often found in this area.
Usually written in katakana as a biological name; usually written in kana.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used in modern texts.
Variant ateji kanji spelling; even rarer than 戸閉蜘蛛.
From 戸立て “setting up a door” and 蜘蛛 “spider,” named for the hinged lid with which the spider closes its burrow.