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The Sydney Funnel-web Spider is believed to be limited to an
area of about 160 kilometres from the centre of Sydney. Other
species of Funnel-Web Spider are found in Eastern Australia,
Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. They are probably the
most venomous aggressive spider in the world, all funnel web
species should be treated as dangerous to humans, not just the
Sydney or Northern tree dweller. However, species so far proven
dangerous to humans have a more limited range, largely limited
to eastern parts of NSW and SE Queensland. The only proven
killer, the Sydney funnel web spider, is restricted to the
Sydney region and adjacent areas to the north and south of the
city, including Gosford. If they bite you it is usually a pretty
deep injection but even a small grazing bite means get to
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Reply: I think they might be funnel web spiders - glen
11 March, 2012:
We live in Forster on the mid north coast of Australia. They were in the bottom of our pool and have been inside our home - They are very waxy -like, not many hairs? Thanking you advance |
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3 March, 2010:
Hi Glen,
Here are the 3 photos of the female Sydney Funnel Web I mentioned in my
previous email to you.
She comes from the Central Coast of NSW, near Erina, and is a fine
specimen of the species.
Hope you can use them.
Regards and thanks for the previous referrals. Some have been good, some
have been flops.
Col Halliday |
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2 December, 2007:
Attached is a photo of a Funnel Web spider I found in my shed
here in Yeppoon QLD (Just North of Rockhampton). This is not the
first time, it just so happens I had a camera this time. I first
saw them here around 4 years ago. Speaking with my old neighbour
about it he said that they get transported in freight trains etc
and are not unusual to be found almost anywhere now. The photos
I donate to you for your research sir. Kind regards, Michael. |
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2 March, 2007:
Hi Glen, Unlike the previous two spiders, this one is a
Funnel Web, Hadronyche Versutus, the Blue Mountains Funnel Web.
She came from the Hill End area in New South Wales. Hill End is
a little way from Bathurst. Regards, Col Halliday
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31 July, 2006:
Hi Glen,
Thought I would send you a couple more photos of the Sydney
Funnel Web. This is one of the females I am keeping. I have her
housed in a container that is 20cm x 14cm and deep enough for
her not to be able to get out. I keep them on a substrate of
peat moss and put in pieces of rounded bark to allow them to
make a home as natural as they do in the wild. This female is
approximately 3.5cm in length and, as funnel webs go, is not as
aggressive as some of them can get. She spends her days inside
the bark hollow and comes out when darkness has fallen. I feed
them crickets by leaving the insect in the container and
allowing the spiders to hunt them during the night. Trust you
like them for your website, Regards, Col Halliday
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20 May, 2006:
Hi Glen, I came across your site last night whilst looking for
information on the Sydney Funnel Web (Atrax Robustus) and the
Brown Trapdoor Spider that lives in the Sydney area. Some of the photos you have a really great and I thought you
might like to have a look at some macro shots I have taken of a
female Sydney A. Robustus. They were done under flash and show
the colours of the spider underneath and in the leg joints as
well as the extent of the hairs they have on their bodies which
are not as noticeable without the flash. I have prints of these
on A4 and they are truly awesome. My next step is to try and get some photos in the natural light
as a contrast as well as some photos of a Trapdoor Spider. If you would be interested, let me know and I can email them
through to you when I can get them done. Maybe you would like to include them on you site. Note the venom
on the fangs in Picture 032. Hope you enjoy the as much as my
work colleagues did and they are of course subject to your
normal copyright conditions. Regards, Col Halliday
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Reply: Tracy-- BE CAREFUL!!!!! That is a certainly a
mygalomorph spider, possibly one of the funnel webs related to the
Sydney funnel web! I will refer this image to an Australian
fellow I'm acquainted with, who knows your native spiders much
better than I do. Please operate under the assumption that it
has a VERY serious bite.
Nathan Hepworth |
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September, 2004:
Hi Glen,
i just found two of these spiders in my garden, can you tell me what
it is, and if you know of a place in Adelaide, that will take them
from me...
Tracy |
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