Brent Stephenson / New Zealand peripatus / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) spitting out a sticky trap at its prey, Kahuranaki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Emanuele Biggi / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaesealandiae), adult with prey. Captive.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand peripatus / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) close-up of legs walking over a moss covered log, Kahuranaki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand peripatus / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) portrait, walking over moss, Kahuranaki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand peripatus / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) walking over a rotten log, Kahuranaki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand peripatus / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) having been disturbed, lying beside a pool of sticky liquid it spits to trap at its prey, Kahuranaki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Septem...

Piotr Naskrecki / Velvet Worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae), Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

Piotr Naskrecki / Velvet Worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae), New Zealand

Kim Taylor / Velvet worm / Peripatus (Peripatoides gilesii) on damp ground after rain.