Before Nick Gordon's expedition, it had never been filmed in the wild. The spider lives in burrows on the rainforest floor, digging its own and using existing tunnels and underground chambers vacated by other animals. Burrows are usually found on gentle slopes or embankments on the forest floor near water. It's feet are used as digging tools to excavate the lair. As it digs the earth away, it mixes the soil with its silk, which binds the loose earth, which it can then push out as lumps.
Tunnels range from two to six feet in length.
The venom glands are the largest of any spider. But its reputation for harming humans is unproven. The male spider can be found wandering the forest floor during the day or night, a tunnel-visioned sex machine, his sole purpose in life to find a receptive female and mate with her. Mating usually occurs during the rainy season. The male spins a sperm web and deposits his sperm on it.