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What else is out there? Spider 'extinct' for a century found in Dorset

This tiny spider was last seen in 1912 - until now. Credit: ITV News

It is a find that has stunned wildlife experts. A tiny spider thought to have been extinct in Britain for more than a hundred years has been found on a nature reserve in Dorset.

Small as it, it has a big name - hypsosinga heri - and it was last seen in East Anglia in 1912.

Our environment correspondent Duncan Sleightholme went in search of it.