2 spine spider

Poecilopachys Australasia 2 spine spider. On Tuesday we drove home to Taranaki from Opua, Bay of Islands. A cousin of my hubby lives in Whangarei. She knows I like taking photographs of spiders so called me about one she had found in her garden. She kept this spider alive for me for about 10 days until we drove by her home and called in for a visit. I have never seen one like this before. This one is female. The male doesn't have these horns or spines.

The drive home was very wet with roads closing behind us. But we were home by around 5:00 pm so it wasn't too bad.

[Zenobia Southcombe]

Such a cool looking spider!

[Susan Wakely]

What a great looking spider.

[Brian]

An amazing creature. Well captured.

[JackieR]

Very cat shaped spider!

[Misty]

What a friend to keep a spider for 10 days! That’s amazing!!! Spiders freak me out but that is a very interesting looking spider.

[Wylie]

How amazing!hope she let it go after the photo shoot.

[Peter Dulis]

nice one :)

[FBailey]

What an amazing little creature

[Kathy]

An interesting specimen. Bright patterns. The horns remind me of "hello kitty" ears.

[Margaret Brown]

So unusual!!

[Yao RL]

wow, never see this before. exciting.

[Jeremy Cross]

Great shot

[Steve]

Wooooooooooow - I have never seen that one before

[Helen Jane]

what an interesting spider and how good of your friend to go to such lengths. You took a great shot.

[Taffy]

Wonderful macro with such clear eyes.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Wonderfully unusual spider (although not my favourite thing). What a great friend to keep it for you to see.

[Call me Joe]

👌👌👌

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Delwyn Barnett]

@pusspup - she did let it go - and she rang me this morning especially to tell me that it is thriving and she can watch it through her dining room window!