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We found this HUGE spider under an old tyre in the bush today. We are a Kindergarten group and our teacher Leo did the recent spider and ferns workshop at Te Papa. Please put our picture on the screen and tell us more about this huge, hairy spider.
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Base of tree in leaf litter
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Tunnel entrance.
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common in rifleman nest boxes, which they fill with web
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Quite alive when I turned the brick over, playing dead when I removed it.
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Quite alive when I turned the brick over, playing dead when I removed it.
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Quite alive when I turned the brick over, playing dead when I removed it.
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under rock
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The New Zealand Tunnel web spider quite big. A bite from this is harmless but will hurt because of the size of their fangs.
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Large hairy spider. Black Tunnel web I'd say. Looks like a Tarantula!
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Large hairy spider. Black Tunnel web I'd say. Looks like a Tarantula!
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in an old pine log
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I found this today. It had been dead for a wee while. can anyone identify what it is? Thanks
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under a moist log on the southwest perimeter of the saltmarsh region of the Manawatu estuary
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Underneath log
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under log
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in a lizard house
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I've seen plenty of circumstantial evidence that katipo prey on these spiders, but no direct evidence. 3rd photo for location context.
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I've seen plenty of circumstantial evidence that katipo prey on these spiders, but no direct evidence. 3rd photo for location context.