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Red-spotted Argyrodes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/red-spotted-argyrodes/Spiders of the genus Argyrodes are distributed world-wide and are best known as kleptoparasites - spiders that live in, and steal prey from the large and complex webs of host spiders, such as the golden orb weavers (Nephila species) and tent orb weavers (Cyrtophora species).
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Sydney Funnel-web Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/sydney-funnel-web-spider/Probably the most notorious of all spiders, Sydney Funnel-webs have a fearsome reputation. Most of this is deserved, but some is exaggerated.
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Tasmanian Cave Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/tasmanian-cave-spider/The Tasmanian Cave Spider is the last of an old Gondwanan lineage of spiders and its nearest relatives are found in South America.
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Australian tarantulas
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/australian-tarantulas/Australian tarantulas are often known as whistling or barking spiders because of the sounds most species can produce.
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Black House Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/black-house-spider-badumna-insignis/Black House and Grey House Spiders are common in urban areas, and are sometimes called Window Spiders.
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Silver Orb Weaving Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/silver-orb-weaving-spiders/Silver Orb Weaving Spiders are recognised by their long, silvery bodies.
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Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/sydney-brown-trapdoor-spider/Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, Arbanitis villosus
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Net-casting Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/net-casting-spiders/Net-casting Spiders have a unique way of catching their prey. They make a small web in the form of a net held by the front legs that can be stretched out wide to envelop an unwary insect passing by.
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Slater-eating Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/slater-eating-spider/The introduced Slater-eating Spider, has a strong aversion to ants, which may help to limit its distribution in Australia.
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Wood or Forest Scorpion
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/wood-or-forest-scorpion-cercophonius-squama/A thick-set scorpion that can be creamy yellow to orange brown with darker brown or light brown patterning.
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