Cave+Spider+Egg+Sac

=Cave Spider's Egg Sac=


 * //Spelungula cavernicola// (Cave Spider) and egg sac.**

**__What do they look like?__**
New Zealand's largest spider in terms of leg span, which can be up to 15cm. Mottled light brown and furry with very long legs. The first two pairs of legs have a very long claw.**
 * Hunky but harmless!

**__Where are they found?__**
The egg sac in the museum was found in the Honeycomb Hills Caves in Oparara Valley, North of Karamea.**
 * Certain caves in the Nelson and Buller areas.


 * Honeycomb Hill Caves**

**__What are their habits?__**
The spider secures itself to the wall of the cave with a drag line, then drops on top of the weta. It uses the drag line to carry the weta upwards. With its feet off the ground, the weta can't jump away to safety.
 * These spiders are hunters and use vibration to find their prey - mostly cave weta.

Cave Spiders have large roundish egg sacs like tiny golf balls. Their egg sacs are suspended from the cave ceilings on a thread.**