Aug 29, 2024
#2480 - Cambridgea sp. - Bush Spider
AKA New Zealand Sheetweb Spider and Bush Spider. No longer in the Sheetweb Spider Family, however - recent molecular evidence puts it in the Desidae (Intertidal Spiders and Australian House Spiders) instead of the Stiphidiidae.
The webs may be up to a meter across, but the spiders are rarely seen since they spend the day in refuge tunnels. Males may enter houses, and have intimidatingly large jaws, but are basically harmless.
Tawhiti Museum, Taranaki, New Zealand.