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Binomial name. Cambridgea foliata. (Koch, 1872) 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]
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]
Stiphidiidae. Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described in 1917. [1] Most species are medium size (Stiphidion facetum is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long) and speckled brown with long legs. All members of this family occur in New Zealand and Australia except for Asmea. [2]
Linyphiidae. Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and in Portugal, from the superstition that if such a spider is seen running on one, it has come to spin the person new clothes, meaning financial good fortune) is a family ...
Porrhothele antipodiana, the black tunnelweb spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider that lives in New Zealand. It is the most common and widespread of several species in the genus Porrhothele, and is especially common in the greater Wellington region where the vagrant mature males are often encountered in or around dwellings.
Trite planiceps was first described in 1873 as Salticus minax from specimens collected from Riccarton Bush, Governor Bay and the North Island. [1] Trite planiceps was later described again in 1899 as its current name by Eugene Simon. [2] In 2011, T. planiceps was redescribed after DNA sequences were used to provide molecular evidence for the ...
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.
This species of spider is extremely competitive and ready to invade foreign webs. They are knowledgeable in understanding that already existing spider webs are made in prey rich environments so there are always incoming resources. The species that are more likely to survive invading another's home are the larger sheet web spiders [3].