Whitetailed spider
Photo – Dougal Clunie
Order: Araneae
Family: Lamponidae
Size range
- Medium–sized spider. Body length up to 17 mm
Distribution
- From Australia
- Widespread in North Island
Life History
- Often found around houses
- Eats other spiders, especially grey house spiders
- Has a painful bite, which sometimes becomes infected
- A closely related species, Lampona cylindrata (L.Koch), is found in South Island