When the brown male Paratrechalea ornata senses a female ... with Europe’s best-known gift-giving counterpart, the nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis. Gift-giving males of species on both ...

The arachnid, named Hercules, which measured 7.9 cm (3.11 inches) is the biggest male funnel-web spider. It has been given to the Australian Reptile Park, said officials with the interactive zoo ...