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[00:00.15] The two tiny arachnids, measuring just three millimetres long, were found by scientists surveying the Newtown National Nature Reserve using a type of handheld vacuum device.
[00:10.77] It sucks up material on the ground and safely deposits it inside a container.
[00:15.29] The scientists searching the remote part of the Isle of Wight had almost given up hope of finding the animal, also called the white-knuckled wolf spider.
[00:24.32] But minutes before they had to board a boat to leave, they found one tiny creature followed by a second.
[00:30.96] The species had last been seen in Britain in 1985.
[00:34.68] The British Arachnological Society has welcomed the rediscovery of what it called one of the country's epic lost species.
