New arachnids found in Queensland
include brush-footed trap-door spider, which looks like a funnel web and can
walk up glass doors
Tuesday 11 April 2017 08.16 BST
Last modified on Wednesday 12 April 2017 02.27 BST
More than 50 new species
of spider, including a peacock spider with a “wonderful courtship
behaviour, like dancing”, have been discovered in Queensland Australia’s Cape
York region, during a 10-day trip by scientists from the Queensland Museum.
The new arachnids, which are now
being formally classified, include a brush-footed trap-door spider, a large
black creature that looks like a funnel web with the added power of being able
to walk up glass doors; a new species of swift spider, with fuzzy black and
white front legs; and several new species of ant spider.
It is the most new spiders ever
discovered on a research trip by Bush Blitz, an Australian government funded
ecological research body. Bush Blitz has funded 34 similar surveys and
discovered almost 1,200
new species since being established four years ago, of which 201 have been
spiders.
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