Dr. Sebastian A Echeverri, PhDAug 2, 2023
Frank Ashwood

This wee beauty is a very special spider...

Periegops suterii is endemic to only two locations in NZ's South Island: Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula, and Pūtaringamotu Riccarton Bush.

But that's not all... P. suterii is unlike most spiders, as it has six eyes, not eight like the others!

#Spider #Arachnid #Macrophotography

Aug 2, 2023 at 5:15amWeb
Show threadneville parkAug 2, 2023
@frankashwood that face is RIDICULOUS
Show threadSergio Henriques ©️ Aug 2, 2023
@frankashwood
Periegopidae is indeed a rather special family, but many spider families have six eyes 👀 (like Segestriidae and Dysderidae), many cave spiders have even fewer, including some species that have no eyes at all 😵 ...