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The Newcastle funnel-web spider (Atrax christenseni) is a species of venomous mygalomorph funnel-web spider of the family Atracidae, native to an area north of Newcastle in Australia. [2] Large male specimens have led to the nickname Newcastle big boys .
Spider articles are categorized by the native distribution of the taxon.. The largest possible area is used; spiders found widely throughout a continent, for example, are categorized by that continent, not by each of the countries in which they are native.
Menzoberranzan is a secondary location in the first novel, The Legacy (1992) and a major location in the second and third novels, Starless Night (1993) and Siege of Darkness (1994). In The Legacy , this "is the first time Salvatore has 'gone home' so to speak since Drizzt left the Underdark at the end of Exile.
They can live for a very long time without food or water. Some can live for up to fifteen years, making them among the longest-lived spiders, behind the trap-door spiders and tarantulas, many known to live for twenty to thirty years. The oldest recorded spider is Number 16, a trap-door spider killed by a parasitic wasp at forty-three years old. [2]
Hogna carolinensis, commonly known as the Carolina wolf spider and giant wolf spider, is found across North America. It is the largest of the wolf spiders in North America, [2] typically measuring at 18–20 mm for males and 22–35 mm for females. The Carolina wolf spider is mottled brown with a dark underside.
Solitaire: Spider Challenge. Play five solitaire hands in a row to see how you rank. By Masque Publishing
Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as the cosmopolitan cellar spider, long-bodied cellar spider, or one of various types called a daddy long-legs spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. It was first described in 1775 by the Swiss entomologist Johann Kaspar Füssli (his surname is also spelt Fuesslin) as Aranea phalangoides .
Although the toxicity and aggression of the hobo spider have long been debated, there is little evidence that the hobo spider is a dangerously venomous species. [2] The CDC reported case studies in the 1990s claiming that the hobo spider bite caused isolated cases of necrosis in people, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] but as of 2017, the CDC no longer lists the ...