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Have you ever seen a Tetrablemmid?

If you have seen a tetrablemmid, a spider in the family Tetrablemmidae, you would be one of a very select few. Even if you did happen to be looking closely around the roots of your tropical orchids would you think this tiny red scurrying speck was a spider? It's one to put on your list.

Tetrablemmidae TETRABLEMMIDAE Armoured Spiders

Tetrablemmids in Australia are very strange-looking little spiders, especially the males which have four eyes on the rear of the head behind a...