The Leaf Curling Spider

When I was visiting my friends in Canberra, they showed me a spider web in their backyard which had a leaf curled in the centre. My first assumption was that the leaf had somehow been caught in the web, however my friend explained that the spiders actually curl the leaf themselves and then hide inside the leaf waiting for prey to be caught in their web. My friend had never seen this type of spider before he moved to Canberra, and I had never seen one before he showed me my first that day. Once he learned of their existence he decided to find out what they were called. He was, as was I, expecting them to have some sort of really cool name (like the I came up with, the 'Hider Spider'). However it turns out that they are simply called the 'Leaf Curling Spider'. 

I must admit that I was pretty disappointed to learn the name, as was my friend, we were both expecting them to have a really cool name, much better than say, the 'Hider Spider'. Alas we were both discouraged by the fact that imagination was on holiday the day that leaf curling spider was named. Upon reflection however I guess it is not that surprising that the leaf curling spider has such a dull name, when you consider that one of our most dangerous spiders is simply called the 'Red Back Spider,'  on account of having some red on its back. Although in the case of the red back spider, it still strikes fear into people even with its dull name. I suppose it is like calling a mass murderer 'Fluffy', he is still scary because he has murdered many people, his name doesn't make him any less scary. I guess I was just hoping for a more imaginative name for the 'Leaf Curling Spider' rather than just calling a spade a spade.