NZ Black Tunnelweb Spider

I moved an old railway sleeper yesterday and found (to my delight) a Brown Vagrant Spider. I was rather enjoying handling it when I realised that I’m not that scared of spiders anymore. Actually, it is almost a miracle, becasue I am becoming rather fond of them now.

NZ Brown Vagrant Spider

Three months ago, I had a deep [...]

Back in July I confessed that I had a fear of spiders, but was determined to overcome it by forcing myself to handle them. Read the post here.
Last night I was relaxing on the sofa (much like the gentleman in the photo above), when I noticed a rather large White Tail walking on the curtain close to my head (adrenaline [...]

When I was really young, I wasn’t scared of spiders… in fact, I used to play with them.
We then moved to Auckland and it was there that I witnessed an event which would change my view of spiders indefinitely… from being fluffy friends to being fanged freaks. One day an Avondale Spider (minding its own business) meandered up our lounge [...]