Cataxia babindaensis, also known as the strawberry trapdoor spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1969 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1]
This is a relatively large species, with body lengths of up to 45 mm. The spiders have a deep red carapace and legs, and a banded abdomen.[2]
The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is The Boulders National Park near Babinda.[1]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that construct burrows with soft trapdoors in wet, unlittered soil, or on embankments.[1] [2]