Black tunnelweb spider
Photo by Dru Burger
Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer)
Order: Araneae
Family: Hexathelidae
Size range
- Large, bulky spider. Body length about 24 mm
Distribution
- A New Zealand species
Life History
- Lives in tunnel lined with web, under stones or logs
- Vibrations of the sheet of silk at tunnel entrance alert the spider to insects nearby