From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , Adam
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote:
>
>& the camel spiders are much bigger than that (they hunt mice & similar
>things as well).
>
>But for overall friendliness get a gecko.

The makers of the film "Arachnophobia" turned to NZ for spiders
that were big and scary looking, but harmless to humans. They're huntsman
spiders, useful around the house because they keep the other bugs down like
geckos do.

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/education/insects_spiders/facts/Avondale.asp

We also have one of the worlds largest insects: a flightless relative of
the grasshopper, called a Weta. We have almost a hundred subspecies, the
largest of which are up to 90 mm (3.5 inches) body length and up to 71g
(3.5 ounces, about 3 times the weight of a mouse).

http://weta.boarsnest.net/gallery.htm

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