The Sydney funnel-web spider is one of the world's most venomous ... to black, to shades of brown or dark-plum coloured. They are most active from November to April when the more deadly male ...

Colour can be one of the least helpful indicators of identification. Brown trapdoor spiders can be black, and funnel-web spiders can be a variety of colours, including red, bright green or blue ...

The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a “very slow” funnel-web season so far but a spike in the numbers of the highly venomous spiders is expected in the coming months.

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 ...

EUROPE's biggest species of spider has arrived in Britain, with the venomous funnel-web creature spotted in a nursery yard. The terrifying stowaway, said to have a "huge appetite", was spotted by ...

The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a “very slow” funnel-web season so far but a spike in the numbers of the highly venomous spiders is expected in the coming months.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sydneysiders have been warned to expect a spike in spider activity due to warm, wet autumn conditions as the number of funnel-webs ...

The Greater Sydney region is expected to see a surge in the highly toxic funnel-web spider in the coming months amid forecasts of a shortfall of a life-saving anti-venom. Sydney’s Australian ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted ...