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Avondale spider (Delena cancerides)

an Australian spider (huntsman) accidentally introduced to NZ and here named after the Auckland suburb of Avondale. The display at the museum has little hinged flaps to open to see the spiders resting inside bark hidey-holes. This spider is the species used in the movie Arachnophobia. Auckland War Memorial Museum, May 2013

Avondale spider (Delena cancerides)
Chlidonias, 24 May 2013
    • Chlidonias
      an Australian spider (huntsman) accidentally introduced to NZ and here named after the Auckland suburb of Avondale. The display at the museum has little hinged flaps to open to see the spiders resting inside bark hidey-holes. This spider is the species used in the movie Arachnophobia.

      Auckland War Memorial Museum, May 2013
      24 May 2013
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