Spiders Underfoot

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Seen these holes in the redwood forest floor? These architectural wonders are brought to you by the California turret spider, a relative of the tarantula.

Turret spiders are endemic to coastal California and build silk-lined burrows for shelter and to catch prey. They don’t wander far from their burrows and females can live to be 16 years old.

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