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Selenocosmia crassipes, Coastal Whistling spider 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
He described around 200 new species of spiders. His Census of Australian Araneidae (1911) listed all 1,102 species known to that date. [13] Keith McKeown wrote Spider Wonders of Australia in 1936, followed by Australian Spiders: Their Lives and Habits in 1952 and Australian Spiders in 1963.
Pages in category "Spiders of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,261 total. ... List of common spider species of ...
Despite its size, Hemsworth is by no means the largest type of spider in Australia. That title goes to a species of the tarantula known as the whistling spider, due to the noise it emits when ...
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. The name "whistling tarantula" comes from its ability to produce a hissing noise when provoked, a trait it shares with ...
Another dangerous type of spiders that have been confused with tarantulas are the Australian funnel-web spiders. The best known species of these is the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) a spider that is aggressive, highly venomous, and (prior to the development of antivenom in the 1980s) was responsible for numerous deaths in Australia.
Selenocosmia stirlingi is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae) that is native to the arid regions of Australia. It is sometimes also referred to as a barking spider or whistling spider as this species, like many tarantulas, can stridulate to produce a "hissing" sound when disturbed or threatened. [1]
Like all Australian theraphosids, and old world tarantulas in general, S. plumipes are shy and reclusive by nature, and defensive if disturbed. The species has a reputation for being calmer than other Australian species. Like most Australian tarantulas, S. plumipes has the ability to make a hissing noise if agitated, known as stridulation.