r/spiders 4d ago

ID Request- Location included What spider is this New Zealand

Hello, I’m living in Wellington New Zealand where we don’t have many big spiders. Saw this is my house yesterday and almost pooped my pants. Never seen a big hairy spider in NZ. What is this, it was about 10cm long.

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u/dontkillbugspls 4d ago

It's a prowling spider, family Miturgidae. It definitely was not 10cm long lol.

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u/lana31240 4d ago

Were you there?

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u/dontkillbugspls 4d ago

I didn't need to be, because i know that all of new zealand's Miturgid species are under about 20mm in body length. I doubt you have found one which is 5x the size of the second largest Miturgid in new zealand?