An Australian breed of Huntsman spider appears to be establishing itself in Napier. Residents have made two sightings of the species not far from each other in the past few months. There are two ...

"It was one of the biggest huntsman spiders he'd ever seen," Justine Latton said of her husband Adam, who witnessed the incident A man staying at a ski lodge in Tasmania, Australia had the scare ...

Huntsman spiders, native and infamous in Australia, are also found in parts of New Zealand, most commonly in Auckland. The first sighting of one, known as the brown Avondale spider (Delana ...

Video / NZ Herald, Getty A second sighting of a Huntsman spider in Napier’s Pandora area could be the last - unless the species can survive a Hawke’s Bay winter. Cor Vink, arachnid expert and ...