We only came to learn of these spiders through encountering one in our house!  I took no chances as I didnt know what the hell it was, and splattered it in to oblivion!  Then did some research on it...  Have since bought a spray for long distance tackling!!

And as you cant wait, i'll give you a piccy to keep you going until you meet one!



And you can read more about it here:

http://www.pest.co.nz/htmlpages/whitetailedspider.html