By Alec Cassidy

 Its scientific name is Lampona murina  White tail.  White tip

 It is a black and brown spider with a white spot on its tail.  It has 8 legs  It has 8 eyes  It has fangs  It has an abdomen  It has a head

 This Australian spider was first recorded in NZ in 1886, at Waiwera, Auckland.  It is now found everywhere in NZ.  It lives in dark spaces like underneath bark and plants, or clothing left on the floor.

A White Tail Spider eats other spiders, especially the grey house spiders Grey House Spider Jumping Spider NZ Cobweb Spider Daddy Long Legs

 White-tailed spiders do bite but will only bite if you scare them. Most of the time the bite will cause little harm, because there is nothing in the venom that will affect us.  A White-tail bite is sore straight away. Usually you can catch them easily, since the spider has bad eyesight.  Most White-tail spider bites only leave a red mark, and hurts around the bite.  Sometimes the area around the bite can swell a little, and after a while it just becomes itchy.

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