How a tarantula builds a trapdoor lid on its burrow

This video shows the incredible task of building a trapdoor lid on a tarantulas burrow. The whole process took 13 hours to complete. One of the most significant moments to enjoy is when the tarantula uses its fangs as a pick tool to dig out some soil.

The editing was extremely challenging, most "still" scenes had to be trimmed out of the video to allow it to be shortened to 8 minutes.

Enjoy.

It's pretty interesting to see the spider judge the quality of the door it's making, going back and using more silk, feeling the weight of it, and making sure it has the coverage it needs to be completely concealed.

Really amazing to see such intelligent hunting techniques used in such an effective manner.

[KristianTBV]

Just admiring of how much of a perfectionist this spider is. The spider never stops adjusting the whole vid

[DeepPoeticSociety]

As much as I abhor spiders, this video makes me think twice about knocking down a web or a foundation of theirs. That work ethic demands respect!

[anxietyho]

*What a beautiful nope making a door for its little house. :)*

[Hatfield.us]

13 hours... Just incredible. I dislike spiders too, but this is most definitely a perfect form of architecture. Not rushed, and done right the first time. Kudos to this guy.

[PONYBOYonline]

I wonder what is going through this spider's brain during this whole process. Like, here I am, a tarantula, and I live in the ground and build trap doors because that's what I do.

[sorcererCermet]

omg the way it uses its fangs to gather dirt is so damn adorable. what a cutie!!

[liokabay]

That feeling when a spider has more patience than you.

[peekaboo]

I love how it uses its fangs to grab the dirt like "Gimme some of dis"

[dnalg]

It’s quite calming to see how patient they are. The music makes it even calmer

[kakam]

Now just add two mini windows on each side and a sign ontop saying "Welcome"

[Wanderersea]

Imagine some jerk walks buy and pokes a stick in there after the poor tarantula worked on its trapdoor for 12 hours.

[vixxystix]

So it is now known that Tarantulas love making their trap doors in taco bell meat

[jamiehuggins]

People with the dislikes what did ye expect to happen when ye clicked on the video that the spider was gonna make a new civilization in a 5 min video😂

[YungFlightRisk]

i think i lost hatred for spider through this video... except for black widows i still hate them

[rekka]

Tarantula be like: "Aww yiss, the fam's gonna like this."

[Gman-tcvp]

Wow, I hate spiders, but this is beautiful. I hope that beautiful creature gets the catch of his life. Hard little worker. I feel bad that I hate spiders after watching this. It's actually adorable...

[TheNoratek]

2:11 when the spider sticks their hairy ass outside the door its cute, but when i do it i get arrested.
Double standards everywhere....

[JohnySeen]

There's a magic to how graceful and patient spiders are. I believe that anyone who has arachnophobia would watch this and most likely their fear of them would be replaced by respect and understanding. The lovely music helps a lot too. Nice one 👍

[birdee]

Look at that sweet baby's I can't wait until I live alone. I'm going to take care of so many tarantula