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A giant spider species from Africa has been found at a London primary school Staff screamed when the huntsman spider leapt out of the banana box A giant spider species from Africa has been found ...

A second sighting of a Huntsman spider in Napier’s Pandora area could be the last - unless the species can survive a Hawke’s ...

The most common place a huntsman spider is found in cars is: Speaking to the ABC, Dr Owen Seeman, collection manager for ...

"It was one of the biggest huntsman spiders he'd ever seen," Justine Latton said of her husband Adam, who witnessed the incident A man staying at a ski lodge in Tasmania, Australia had the scare ...

The Australian native huntsman spider is a common creature to spot in some parts of the country - most commonly in Auckland, ...

Associate Professor of Entomology at Lincoln University Cor Vink said he had been told of two sightings of the Huntsman spider - nine months apart - in the Pandora suburb of Napier. Huntsman ...

Residents have spotted the species twice in the past few months, and an expert weighs in on if we should be worried.

Robert was trudging through dense woodland at night when he saw the huntsman spider, dangling in mid-air, clutching a dead frog. ‘It was fascinating to see it manipulating the frog with its front legs ...

Associate Professor of Entomology at Lincoln University Cor Vink said he had been told of two sightings of the Huntsman spider - nine months apart - in the Pandora suburb of Napier. Huntsman ...