A female wasp spider has been found at an RPSB reserve in East Anglia for the first time, reports the BBC.
The arachnid, measuring about 2.4in (6cm) in length, was found at Lakenheath Fen, which crosses the Norfolk and Suffolk border.
Experts said the spider was a "rare sighting", with only five recorded in Norfolk in the last seven years.
The wasp spider, first recorded in England in the 1920s, is most likely to have arrived via trade routes from the Mediterranean and continental Europe.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-24125094
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