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What large new zealand spiders starred in the film arachnophobia?
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∙ 12y ago
The Spiders that starred in the film Arachnophobia, were the so called Avondale Spider, actually an Australian species, Delena cancerides, now well adapted to its new country.
A huntsman spider, it does not spin a web, and are described by arachnophiles as a social animal.
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