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 ...

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 ...

A venomous spider with a 'huge appetite' was an unpleasant surprise inside a delivery of olives for a horrified nursery owner. 'Europe's largest' Spanish funnel-web spider was found at the West ...

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.

A Brit was in for a surprise when 'Europe's largest spider' – a venomous species with a 'huge appetite' – arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a ...

A British man made a skin-crawling discovery when a venemous spider with a 'huge appetite', known as 'Europe's largest', arrived with his delivery of olives. The arachnid, a Spanish funnel-web ...

One of Europe’s largest spiders was spotted in a delivery of olives from Spain this week, startling a nursery owner. The Spanish funnel-web spider is a venomous species with a ‘huge appetite ...

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 ...

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.