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The new species is a kind of trapdoor spider, a spider known for creating borrows underground with hinged doors.

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Cavers found an “extraordinary,” first-of-its-kind spider colony in a cave along the Albania-Greece border, photos show and a study said. Photo from Marek Audy via Urák, Vrenozi, Głąbiak, Lecoquierre, ...

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