Critically endangered white-knuckled wolf spider rediscovered on Isle of Wight

• A critically endangered spider, Aulonia albimana, informally named the white-knuckled wolf spider, has been rediscovered on the Isle of Wight.
• The tiny orange-legged arachnid was last recorded in the UK in 1985, marking its return after four decades.
• Entomologists Mark Teller and Graeme Lyons made the discovery at the National Trust’s Newtown National Nature Reserve.
• The team located the spider in a remote, overgrown area accessible only by boat, approximately 2km from its former colony.
• This rediscovery is hailed as a major conservation success and one of Britain's epic “lost species” rediscoveries of the century.

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Critically endangered species found for first time in 40 years