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Kōrero: Spiders and other arachnids

Sheet-web spider

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Sheet-web spider

The sheet-web spider does not have to raise its head and strike down at prey. It can grab prey trapped in a web by the sideways movement of its chelicerae (the appendages near its mouth).

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by Simon Pollard

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Simon Pollard, Spiders and other arachnids – Araneomorphs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12715/sheet-web-spider (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Pollard, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.