where they hide under things like corrugated iron or behind pictures and bookcases. This Huntsman spider was spotted in the Pandora area in Napier. They sit motionless then rush after and eat prey ...

She explains that pygmy possums are “quite common” in the area and that the spider “probably just saw an opportunity and went for it.” “It was one of the biggest huntsman spiders he’d ...

The most common place a huntsman spider is found in cars is: Speaking to the ABC, Dr Owen Seeman, collection manager for ...

Associate Professor of Entomology at Lincoln University Cor Vink said he had been told of two sightings of the Huntsman spider - nine ... corrugated iron or behind pictures and bookcases.

An Australian breed of Huntsman spider appears to be establishing itself in Napier. Residents have made two sightings of the species not far from each other in the past few months. There are two ...

Video / NZ Herald, Getty A second sighting of a Huntsman spider in Napier’s Pandora area could be the last - unless the species can survive a Hawke’s Bay winter. Cor Vink, arachnid expert and ...