A katipo spider at the Wanganui Museum has laid an egg, which is cxpected to hateh in about two to three weeks. Three females and one male spider are on display and it was -the largest of the females which laid the egg. Mr M. G. Smart and several onlookers watched the process, and Mr Smart, who is the assistant curator of the museum, said it %vas the first time he had seen the process. It could possibly be the first time humans have watched the highly venomous katipo lay an egg. i The animal encased the egg in a webbed sack.
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Marlborough Express, Volume 87, Issue 19, 23 January 1952, Page 3
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