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The new Colorado daddy longlegs species Scelerobunus steinmanni. (Photo courtesy of David Steinmann)
biologist likes to go hunting in caves in his spare time with his wife and 11-year-old son. For what? Previously unidentified life. Like the above orange-and-yellow daddy longlegs spider, Sclerobunus steinmanni (yes, named after Steinmann), which was found in Boulder.
Steinmann published the and another spider, Sclerobunus speoventus, which was found living in total darkness in the Cave of the Winds, in .
Turns out you can find new species right here in Colorado if you’re willing to go deep into creepy, completely dark caves.
Which I am not.
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