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This large Dolomedes spider has been described as "one of the biggest and most robust species of the genus Dolomedes". [2] This species demonstrates sexual dimorphism, with male body lengths of 18.6–26.0 millimetres (0.73–1.02 in) and females of 23.3–30.2 millimetres (0.92–1.19 in).
The New Zealand spider with the largest leg span is the Nelson cave spider (Spelungula cavernicola), with a leg span of up to 13 centimetres (5.1 in) and a 3 centimetres (1.2 in) body length. The Australian white-tailed spider, first recorded in New Zealand in 1886, has been falsely attributed as the cause of many necrotising spider bites. [4]
Cambridgea foliata, commonly known as New Zealand sheet-web spider, is a species of spider in the family Desidae. [1] These nocturnal, arboreal spiders are endemic to the North Island of New Zealand and build large horizontal sheet-webs with a large number of knock-down threads. [2] [1]
The banded tunnelweb spider (Hexathele hochstetteri) is among New Zealand's largest spiders, growing up to 20 mm in body length, [2] and is endemic to New Zealand. [3]The easiest way to distinguish a banded tunnelweb spider is to look for the chevron design on its abdomen. [4]
It is New Zealand's largest known spider, with a leg span of 13 to 15 centimetres (5.1 to 5.9 in) and a body length of 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in), and its main prey is cave weta. [5] [6] Holotype of Spelungula cavernicola
Cambridgea [1] (common name New Zealand sheetweb spider, bush spider) [2] is a spider genus in the family Desidae and some of the first endemic spiders described from New Zealand. [3] They are known for constructing large horizontal sheet webs measuring up to a square metre in larger species. [ 4 ]
Holotype male, Lincoln University [2]. D. dondalei was known as Dolomedes III for some time before being named and described by Cor J. Vink and Nadine Dupérré in 2010. [1] [3] The male type specimen of this species is held in the Lincoln University Entomology Research Collection and was collected by Vink on Banks Peninsula, near Barrys Bay, in 2003. [4]
The largest of New Zealand's species is Cambridgea foliata, with a body length up to 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) and a span of up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in). Hikers and trampers often find their sheet-like webs that can be up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) across, but the spider itself is nocturnal, spending the day time inside its web tunnel. [ 3 ]