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Te pūngāwerewere 'māwhaiwhai-anaroa' pango

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black tunnelweb spider Ingoa Pākehā: black tunnelweb spider

Ingoa pūtaiao: Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer); pūtoi = Araneae; whānau = Hexathelidae

  • he pūngāwerewere māori kitea ai i ngā tōpito katoa o te motu, ā, kāore he aha ki a ia te noho ki ngā māra o ngā tāone nui;
  • kāore tana paitini e whakararu i te tangata, pērā i tana whanaunga, i te funnelweb o Ahitereiria, engari tērā ka rongo koe i te mamae o tana ngau ki te hē tō pupuri i a ia;
  • he pūngāwerewere o te ao kōhatu, pērā i a ngāi tarantula;
  • he rite te hanga o tana māwhaiwhai ki te anaroa - e 200mm pea te hōhonu, e 20-30 mm te whānui, ā, hangaia ai ki ngā wāhi haukū: hei tauira, ki raro i ngā poro rākau, i ngā kōhatu rānei, ki ngā pakitara toka, ki ngā rūma whakararo o ngā whare, ki ngā pūkai wahie rānei;
  • ina rongo ia i ngā tōiriiri o ngā pepeke e hīkoi ana i te waha o tana whare - ākene he kai māna! Tere tonu tana rere ki te patu i te pepeke ki tana paitini, ka whakahoki ki te tuarongo o tana whare;
  • ko ngā pītara, ngā pāpata me ngā weri waemano āna tino kai.
Black tunnelweb

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