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The recent wet weather has created a funnel-web spider ‘bonanza’
The Australian Reptile Park has issued an official warning.
The Australian Reptile Park has issued an official warning.
Mygalomorphs are an ancient group of spiders that have remained almost unchanged for millions of years. Unlike modern spiders, which have pincer-like biting apparatus, mygalomorphs have dagger-like fangs that they thrust downwards in a ‘pick-axe’ motion. Here we show a representative species from each of the major mygalomorph families found in Australia. Text and photographs by Nick Volpe
Low-down on the funnel-web spider – and how an evolutionary accident made it one of the most dangerous spiders on Earth, able to kill a human in 15 minutes.
An enormous Sydney funnel-web spider has been handed in to have its venom ‘milked’, to help with the production of anti-venom.
Only two Australian spiders can kill you, but the rest are a pretty fascinating bunch.
A genetic mutation has caused a rare colourful funnel-web spider