Common water spider near Mistake Biv, Apias Creek, Ruahine Forest Park. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Water spiders

April 2018

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The large and hairy water spider makes its home in riverbeds. Here are three places to see it (or to avoid if you’re an arachnophobe).

Aotearoa is known as a land of wondrous birds, with many of them – like the kakapo and kiwi – peculiar to this country. But perhaps we should be known as the land of invertebrates? New Zealand has far more endemic species of creatures like beetles and spiders. My daughter, who does not like eight-legged […]
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