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'''''Spelungula cavernicola''''', or the '''Nelson cave spider''', is an [[arachnoid]] [[arthropod]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. It is New Zealand's largest spider, in terms of leg span, and is found only in certain caves in the [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] and [[Buller District|Buller]] regions. It it also New Zealand's only legally protected spider. |
'''''Spelungula cavernicola''''', or the '''Nelson cave spider''', is an [[arachnoid]] [[arthropod]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. It is New Zealand's largest spider, in terms of leg span, and is found only in certain caves in the [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] and [[Buller District|Buller]] regions in the north of New Zealand's [[South Island]]. It it also New Zealand's only legally protected spider. |
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''Spelungula cavernicola'' has a leg span of up to 15 [[centimetre|cm]]. Their coloration is mottled light and dark brown, and they have long claws on the end of the first two pairs of legs. |
''Spelungula cavernicola'' has a leg span of up to 15 [[centimetre|cm]]. Their coloration is mottled light and dark brown, and they have long claws on the end of the first two pairs of legs. |
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Spelungula cavernicola, or the Nelson cave spider, is an arachnoid arthropod endemic to New Zealand. It is New Zealand's largest spider, in terms of leg span, and is found only in certain caves in the Nelson and Buller regions in the north of New Zealand's South Island. It it also New Zealand's only legally protected spider.
Spelungula cavernicola has a leg span of up to 15 cm. Their coloration is mottled light and dark brown, and they have long claws on the end of the first two pairs of legs.
They are hunters, and are known to prey on cave wetas. They produce large round egg sacs, and these are suspended from the cave ceilings by a thread.