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A venomous Australian spider turns out to be 3 species, not 1The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different ...
Your garden may simply be home to one of the many large garden spiders, which, despite their resemblance to Australia's notorious funnel-web spider, are not especially toxic nor aggressive.
An Australian zoo is urging the public to catch and donate the world’s deadliest spiders to support its lifesaving antivenom ...
Residents have spotted the species twice in the past few months, and an expert weighs in on if we should be worried.
Sydneysiders can expect are surge in funnel-web spiders this autumn. Picture: Supplied Australian Reptile Park seeking funnel web spider donations. Picture: Supplied Spider keeper Emma Teni said ...
Dr Shaun Francis, The Royal Flying Doctor Service, Queensland Funnel-web spiders are found around Sydney and the east coast. Other big black spiders are found Australia-wide. Credit: Getty Images ...
An Australian zoo has put out an unusual but urgent appeal for public donations of funnel-web spiders, one of the world’s most venomous arachnids. The Australian Reptile Park on Feb 25 called ...
Spider keeper Emma Teni of the Australian Reptile Park expects a spike in Sydney funnel-web numbers.Credit: Janie Barrett “You will notice at this time of year, spider activity is just more ...
“We're lucky actually in Australia, there's really only one spider we're particularly worried about and that's the funnel-web. Although there's a lot of talk about redback spiders being ...
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