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Barbara York Main, based in Western Australia, wrote a Jacaranda Pocket Guide in 1964. John Child published Spiders of Australia in 1965. In 1967 V. V. Hickman, contributed Some Common Spiders of Tasmania. Ion Staunton was author of a factfinder book All about Australian Spiders in 1968. Densey Clyne published
Selenocosmia stirlingi, Australian Common Whistling spider Selenotypus plumipes, Australian Featherleg spider. Family Theridiidae. Redback Latrodectus hasselti Ariamnes spp., Whip spiders Latrodectus hasselti, Redback spider Nesticodes rufipes, Red-legged House spider Steatoda grossa, Cupboard spider Thwaitesia argentiopunctata, Silver Dewdrop ...
Range of the two genera (Hadronyche and Atrax) of venomous Australian funnel-web spiders. A. robustus is one of three designated species of the genus Atrax (the others being A. yorkmainorum and A. sutherlandii). [13] [14] The related genus Hadronyche is represented by about 40 other dangerous species in eastern Australia, including Queensland ...
The brown snake is not the most venomous Australian snake, but it has caused the most deaths. [1]Wildlife attacks in Australia occur every year from several different native species, [2] [3] including snakes, spiders, freshwater and saltwater crocodiles, various sharks, cassowaries, kangaroos, stingrays and stonefish and a variety of smaller marine creatures such as bluebottles, blue-ringed ...
The primary range of the Australian funnel-web spiders is the eastern coast of Australia, with specimens found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland. [2] [7] The only Australian states or territories without members of this family are Western Australia [8] and the Northern Territory.
Latrodectus mactans, one of several venomous North American black widows. Australian funnel-web spiders [4] (Atrax and Hadronyche spp.) Brazilian wandering spiders (Phoneutria spp.) All widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.), including the black widows, button spiders, Australian redback spider (L. hasseltii), and the endangered katipō of New ...
Redback Boots is an Australian workboot manufacturing company, [168] which uses the spider in its name and logo. [169] In 2006 a redback spider postage stamp was designed as part of a "Dangerous Australians" stamp series, but was withheld from general circulation by Australia Post due to concerns that the realistic depiction would scare people ...
The Australian crab spider is mostly a suburban or urban animal found in Eastern Australia, and their habitat is among white and yellow daisies. [6] Thomisus spectabilis are a venomous species. Their venom is not known to be medically significant. These spiders do not weave webs, but rather chase and ambush their prey. Adult white crab spider.