Black tunnelweb spider

Nicola Toki Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador tells us about this week’s critter -  the black tunnelweb spider which was Peter Jackson’s inspiration for Shelob the spider in Lord of the Rings! 
 

BlackTunnelweb Photo credit Ben Britton

Black tunnelweb iNaturalist - Tony Wills CC BY SA

Tunnelweb on web - Steve Kerr - iNaturalist CC-BY

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