Rare Spider Back From the Brink ; It Is a Spider That Looks Like a Ladybird When It Is in the Mood for Love, but It Is Also a Pocket-Sized Killer Whose Predator Skills Could Be Straight From a Horror Film.

Western Daily Press › February 17, 2009

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It is a spider that looks like a ladybird when it is in the mood for love, but it is also a pocket-sized killer whose predator skills could be straight from a horror film.

Dubbed Britain's most elusive spider, it lives a subterranean existence, waiting for hapless bugs to come too close to its burrow door when it pounces and drags them underground to have for lunch.

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Rare Spider Back From the Brink ; It Is a Spider That Looks Like a Ladybird When It Is in the Mood for Love, but It Is Also a Pocket-Sized Killer Whose Predator Skills Could Be Straight From a Horror Film.

Now this rare creature appears to have been brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to the effort of a small band of conser...

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