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  1. 24-08-2014, 10:56 PM #1
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    Calling all arachnologists...

    to identify this spider found today...have never seen its kind before...



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  3. 24-08-2014, 10:58 PM #2
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    Looks like a caramelled latte trapdoor?
    Boom, cough,cough,cough
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  4. 24-08-2014, 11:03 PM #3
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    @Maca!!!! It is not!!! More a mocha I would have thought!!!
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    Spiders - Banded Tunnelweb Spider - photos by Neil Fitzgerald, NZ nature photographer
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  6. 24-08-2014, 11:19 PM #5
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    Thank you, Pengy So it is a banded tunnelweb...the body including head is about an inch long...
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  7. 24-08-2014, 11:23 PM #6
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    Just a small one EeeBees. There was a big sucker found in the Wairarapa in the last 2 weeks, they ooze a lot of gunk when you squash em. Used to catch them as kids in the Wairarapa
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  8. 24-08-2014, 11:40 PM #7
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    Well cool. I love spiders.
    The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maca49 View Post
    Just a small one EeeBees. There was a big sucker found in the Wairarapa in the last 2 weeks, they ooze a lot of gunk when you squash em. Used to catch them as kids in the Wairarapa
    That big one in the wairarapa was found by a friend of mine Matt charlton. So we get trapdoor spiders here now!!?.I remember disturbing a Sidney funnel web while fencing ,up there with a few of my scary moment's as there angry bastards.

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  10. 25-08-2014, 12:03 AM #9
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    Probably a tunnel web? They live in holes in the ground usually filled with cobwebs, we used to call them trapdoors, we use to catch them in jars for pets, used to get some biggies, I remember!
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  11. 25-08-2014, 07:33 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maca49 View Post
    Probably a tunnel web? They live in holes in the ground usually filled with cobwebs, we used to call them trapdoors, we use to catch them in jars for pets, used to get some biggies, I remember!
    Were you one of those evil little buggers that used to pull the legs off one side and watch them go round in tiny circles? Oops
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    Were you one of those evil little buggers that used to pull the legs off one side and watch them go round in tiny circles? Oops
    Another 'flash back' eh Rushy??????
    While I might not be as good as I once was, Im as good once as I ever was!

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    I cant believe no one else has said it ...... EAT IT .....with pics to prove .....give you a doller
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    They are not poisonous but can give you a nasty bite and there fangs are none to clean...
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    Well cool. I love spiders.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouser View Post
    Another 'flash back' eh Rushy??????
    Yes I was a sadistic little shit.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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