Sydney funnel-web spider - Wikipedia
The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders .
Scientists resolve “identity crisis” for Australia’s deadliest spider
3 days ago · Sydney 13 January 2025: In research released today, an international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia’s most famous spider. With a bite more deadly to humans than that of any other spider, the iconic Sydney funnel-web has long been considered a single species, but the new analysis suggests that funnel-web spiders in the Sydney region …
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: …
3 days ago · The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 1877 from a single specimen collected in “New Holland”, this spider has a complex taxonomic history. The most recent morphological revision of funnel-web …
Australian scientists discover bigger species of deadly funnel web ...
1 day ago · The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 km (105 miles) north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider ...
Funnel web: New species found in Sydney - and it’s a monster
3 days ago · Scientists have declared the Sydney funnel web – hallowed and feared as the world’s most venomous spider – is in fact three separate species. And one of the spiders, new to science, is a ...
Scientists discover bigger, more venomous species of deadly funnel-web …
11 hours ago · Only male Sydney funnel-web spiders have venom that can kill an adult, and 13 deaths have been attributed to the common Sydney funnel-web spider between 1927 and the early 1980s. There have been ...
Sydney Funnel-web Spider, Atrax robustus - Australian Museum
Sydney Funnel-webs are shiny, dark brown to black spiders with finger-like spinnerets (silk-spinning organs) at the end of their abdomen. Males have a large mating spur projecting from the middle of their second pair of legs.
World’s deadliest spider: the funnel-web - Australian Geographic
Feb 13, 2017 · There are 35 species of funnel web, a number of which are found along Australia’s eastern coast, from New South Wales to Queensland – however, only one holds the title of world’s deadliest spider. The Sydney funnel-web (Atrax robustus) is generally found in both suburbia and bushland in an area bound by Newcastle to the north and ...
Australian Zoo Asks Residents to Capture the World’s Most …
Nov 18, 2024 · In a field demonstration video, spider keeper Emma Teni explains how to safely collect a Sydney funnel-web’s egg sac—as well as the mother guarding her babies.
Sydney funnel-web spider - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures
The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders.