Observations by kowhai26

Found on the wall outside the classroom. We think it's a vagrant spider. Partly dark brown in the middle of his legs, light brown at the end of his legs, and blackish at the top of his legs. Light brownish head and darkish brown abdomen. Red on the tip of the palp. About 8cm from his front leg to his back leg. Found by Siena age 8.

Found outside on the ramp by our classroom.

Brown head and abdomen and legs. Big black spot on his head, with a white mark around the spot. was crawling off a web but tone of his legs was stuck on the web.

Found by Riley

Brown, fawn coloured head, Yellowy abdomen. Brown black under his head. Little black spots on the tip of two of it's legs. Jumped when we let him free, so we think he is a jumping spider.

We found him on the step outside our classroom. No web. Found by Hayley, Ruby, and Siena

We think it is a Vagrant spider. Found inside, running across the carpet in the school office. Body and legs dark brown. Red dot each of the palps. Hairy legs. From the end of his abdomen to the top of his head 2.5cm. From front most outstretched leg to rear most outstretched leg 6cm. It lifts it's body about 1cm off the ground. There are 8-10 white spots on his abdomen (less than 1mm in diameter).

Found on the concrete outside the office. About 1cm from the front to the back leg. Body blacky brown and legs pale brown with black spots on each leg. Photo by Monique and Paige Y, 8 and 9 years old.