DSC_6272 Nurseryweb spider (Dolomedes minor) southern female carrying her egg sac. Within the thick silk-covered sac her eggs are protected until she conceals them within a nursery web in vegetation above ground, where she will still guard them. One moult after hatching the spiderlings will use their tiny fangs to bite through the silk and escape into the outside world. Dunedin. *
DSC_6902 Nurseryweb spider (Dolomedes minor) a strongly coloured individual, characteristic of the West Coast with cockroach prey. Denniston Plateau *
11005-16216 Seashore wolf spider (Anoteropsis litoralis) commonly encountered on coastal sandy beaches around New Zealand, these beautifully cryptic spiders vary in colour, to match the sand in different localities. Otago Peninsula *
