Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus) are glossy black in color and grow to 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long.The iconic ...

Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus) are glossy black in color and grow to 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long.The iconic arachnids are also among the most venomous spiders to humans. Called ...

This spider species was originally thought to be the same as the Sydney funnel-web, Atrax robustus. The Newcastle funnel-web spider, Atrax christenseni, the most venomous spider in the world.

Larger, more venomous version of one of world's deadliest spiders discovered 00:45. Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) was first described in 1877 from a single specimen found in “New Holland,” the first name for mainland Australia.They are black, with a glossy ...

Further to the south and west dwells the Southern Sydney funnel-web (Atrax montanus), a species originally described in 1914 and later folded into A. robustus.Turns out it was indeed a different ...

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni—dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species.The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central ...

The “classic” Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, is found from the Central Coast to the Sydney Basin; the Southern Sydney funnel-web, Atrax montanus, is common in the Blue Mountains ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ is pictured at the Australian Museum in Sydney (Picture: Reuters) A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big ...

The "real" Sydney funnel-web spider (the creature originally described in 1877 as Atrax robustus) is found throughout the city and suburbs of Sydney.A second related species is Atrax montanus ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...