a mexican red-kneed tarantula brachypelma smithi
the mygalomorphae, first appeared in triassic period, heavily built , hairy, large, robust chelicerae , fangs. well-known examples include tarantulas, ctenizid trapdoor spiders , australasian funnel-web spiders. spend majority of time in burrows, , run silk tripwires out these, few build webs capture prey. however, mygalomorphs cannot produce pirifom silk araneomorphae use instant adhesive glue silk surfaces or other strands of silk, , makes web construction more difficult mygalomorphs. since mygalomorphs balloon using air currents transport, populations form clumps. in addition arthropods, mygalomorphs capable of preying on frogs, small mammals, lizards, , snails.
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