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  2. Selenocosmia crassipes - Wikipedia

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    Selenocosmia crassipes, synonym Phlogius crassipes, also known as the "Queensland whistling tarantula", "barking spider" or "bird-eating tarantula" is a species of tarantula native to the east coast of Queensland, Australia.

  3. Celaenia excavata - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Goliath birdeater - Wikipedia

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    The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae.Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass (175 g (6.2 oz)) and body length (up to 13 cm (5.1 in)), and second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span. [1]

  5. Spiders of Australia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. The Largest Recorded Male Funnel-Web Spider Receives ... - AOL

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    According to the zoo, which is located north of Syndey, Australia, the spider measures a whooping 9.2 centimeters foot-to-foot. His girthy predecessors, funnel-web spider Hercules and Colossus ...

  7. 'Only in Australia': Spider Wasp Drags Huntsman Across Gravel

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    An orange spider wasp was filmed dragging a huntsman across gravel on a property in Taree, New South Wales, in a video posted to Instagram on April 24.Marc Foi, who shot the footage, wrote of the ...

  8. Mistletoebird - Wikipedia

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    The nest can be found in many different plants but especially in eucalyptus, mistletoe, and acacia trees where it is suspended from an outer twig or thin horizontal branch and concealed among foliage. The nest is pear shaped with a slit side entrance and is usually made of plant down, wool, spider webs and spider egg sacs.

  9. Australian scientists discover bigger species of deadly ...

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    Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy ...