Redback Spider
Redback Spiders are found throughout Australia. They are common in disturbed and urban areas. Redback Spiders are found throughout Australia. They are common in disturbed and urban areas. They belong to the Family Theridiidae, which is found ... [... more]
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White-tailed Spider
White-tailed Spiders may be found in the bush beneath bark, rocks or leaf litter, however unless you are looking for them, they are not often seen. Both species were described by L. Koch in 1866 and 1873 respectively. White-tailed Spiders have a ... [... more]
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Bolas Spiders - Magnificent Spider
The Bolas spider group has evolved a highly sophisticated way of capturing prey. The Bolas spider group has evolved a highly sophisticated way of capturing prey. These spiders use a single line of sticky silk to capture moths, which are lured by ... [... more]
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White tailed spider
The white tailed spider is commonly found in homes throughout Australia. The bite of a white tailed spider can be painful and may cause skin lesions. However recent research suggests the white tailed spider's bite is unlikely to cause necrotising ... [... more]
Better Health |
Spiders - Better Health Channel.
Australia has about 2,000 species of spiders. Most spiders are relatively harmless to humans. First aid for a venomous spider bite depends on the species of spider. If in doubt, always seek medical attention. Spiders are members of the class ... [... more]
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Carrai Cave Spider
This species is important as the first web builder to be discovered within a family of basal araneomorph hunting spiders. Genus name from Latin: pro - before; gradus - step; ungula - claw = "early or oldest claw stepper", a reference to the ... [... more]
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Foliage Webbing Spider
These spiders are 6 to 10mm in body length, silvery grey to brown in colour with a contrasting pattern of light and dark brown markings on the abdomen. These spiders are 6 to 10mm in body length, silvery grey to brown in colour with a contrasting ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Sac Spiders
Sac spiders are found throughout Australia in forest and grassland habitats. Sac spiders are found throughout Australia in forest and grassland habitats. Slender Sac Spiders are common hunters on foliage in bush and garden. They make their ... [... more]
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Orb Weaving Spider
Although spiders are unpopular with lots of people, they play a very important role in the garden. They assist in the pollination of plants, recycle dead plant and animal matter, and help to keep insect populations under control. John Dengate ... [... more]
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White-tailed Spider
Over the years white-tailed spider bites have been blamed for severe skin deterioration and ulceration in some victims. Dr Julian White believes that for most people the bite of a white-tailed spider is a very minor affair, and that a range of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Trapdoor Spiders
Misgolas group spiders are found in eastern Australia especially in coastal and highland regions of New South Wales and Victoria. Most trapdoor spiders but not all are misleadingly named, as not all species make a door for their burrows. These ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Jumping spiders
The jumping spiders are the personalities of the spider world. Though generally small in size (up to 12 mm body length), their large eyes, prodigious jumping ability, often brilliant colours and cocky, inquisitive activity make them very ... [... more]
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