T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
(unranked): Arachnomorpha
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneida
Family: Stiphidiidae
Scientific name; Stiphidion facetum
Common name: Sombrero spider

An Australian immigrant. with distinctive long branded legs and mottled abdomen. This spider is a fast running spider of the sheetweb family. It is common in wood sheds, clay banks and rocky overhangs. At present not found in the South Island. Named as its web looks like an upside down sombero.

The spider in this photo had an overall length of (including legs) 4 cm