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Celaenia excavata is found throughout large parts of eastern and southern Australia and have also been recorded in central Australia; they are also seen in suburban gardens. [ 1 ] The egg sacs of the bird-dropping spider are large, marbled brown coloured spheres, each about 12 mm in diameter and containing over 200 eggs.
Redback spider. Australia has a number of highly venomous spiders, including the Sydney funnel-web spider, [1] its relatives in the family Hexathelidae, and the redback spider, whose bites can be extremely painful and have historically been linked with deaths in medical records. [2]
There have been three comprehensive accounts: the first was John Gould's 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia, the second Gregory Mathews, and the third was the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (1990-2006). The taxonomy originally followed is from Christidis and Boles, 2008. [1]
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata, Silver Dewdrop spider. Family Thomisidae. Amyciaea albomaculata, Green Tree Ant Mimicking spider Australomisidia spp. Australian Crab Spiders Hedana spp., Green Crab spider Stephanopis altifrons, Knobbly Crab spider Thomisus spectabilis, Australian Crab Spider Zygometis xanthogaster Yellow-tailed Crab Spider. Family ...
The thick footed tarantula has powerful long venomous fangs that can grow up to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. Its body is 6 centimetres (2.4 in) with a leg span of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) so smaller than the size of a man's hand. Identification is relatively simple as this very large spider has thicker front legs than back legs. [2]
With over 1,300 species living in every ocean, these marine arthropods can have a leg span ranging from .04 inches to nearly three feet long. The video above was filmed by ocean explorers
The Australian garden orb weaver spider (Hortophora transmarina) is a very common species of spider with many variants in size, shape, and colour across the coastal and northern regions of Australia. [1] [2] They have very large abdomens when well-fed and exhibit a tremendous colour-range from off-white through tan, brown to almost black. They ...
Phonognatha graeffei, referred to as the leaf curling spider, is a common Australian spider found in woodlands and urban areas in the northeastern, eastern and southern states. A member of the family Araneidae , the orb-weavers, it was previously placed in Tetragnathidae .