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Story: Spiders and other arachnids

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. What is a spider?

  3. Webs

  4. Mygalomorphs – tarantula relatives

  5. Araneomorphs

  6. Venomous spiders

  7. Other arachnids – spider relatives

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - What is a spider?

Classification of spiders and their relatives

Classification of spiders and their relatives

Eating a spider

Eating a spider

Parts of a spider

Parts of a spider

Orb-web spiders mating

Orb-web spiders mating

Ray and Lyn Forster

Ray and Lyn Forster

From page 2 - Webs

Producing silk

Producing silk

Nursery-web spider

Nursery-web spider (1st of 3)

Trapped fly

Trapped fly (2nd of 3)

Wrapping up prey

Wrapping up prey (3rd of 3)

House fly in a web

House fly in a web

From page 3 - Mygalomorphs – tarantula relatives

Tunnel-web spider

Tunnel-web spider

Trapdoor spider

Trapdoor spider

New Zealand cave spider

New Zealand cave spider

From page 4 - Araneomorphs

Sheet-web spider

Sheet-web spider (1st of 2)

Orb-web spider

Orb-web spider (2nd of 2)

Common house spider

Common house spider

Crab spider

Crab spider

A spider jumping

A spider jumping

Avondale spider

Avondale spider

From page 5 - Venomous spiders

Katipō spiders

Katipō spiders

Katipō spider stamp

Katipō spider stamp

Redback spider

Redback spider

White-tailed spider

White-tailed spider

From page 6 - Other arachnids – spider relatives

Soil mites

Soil mites

Pseudoscorpion

Pseudoscorpion

Male harvestman

Male harvestman

Daddy-long-legs

Daddy-long-legs

How to cite this page:

Simon Pollard, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/spiders-and-other-arachnids/media (accessed 20 May 2022)

Story by Simon Pollard, published 24 Sep 2007

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