/r/AustralianSpiders
A community by Australian invertebrate keepers, enthusiasts & professionals for people worldwide to share knowledge of all invertebrates and dispel myths about our beautiful arachnids. Sharing pictures, keeping tips, requesting identification and other community activity is encouraged. Rehoming is allowed here but only from and to other Australians due to our local laws. <3 Please don't encourage killing spiders or show too much outward disgust here _^
/r/AustralianSpiders
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Looks like Little-Legs is a girl
All my Ts recently moulted this past month. I highly suspected Little-Legs was female with her last moult, but I wasn’t 100% confident, and couldn’t get a good picture to confirm so waited for another. This looks like definite spermathecae that I was able to get the toothpick under.
07:13 UTC
Net Casting Spider that’s been living in my yard
She’s
04:00 UTC
South west Sydney
What is this ?
01:01 UTC
Please identify
I know it is harmless. I would just like to know who my tenant is. Maitland NSW
20:50 UTC
Male Net Casting Spider (Deinopis subrufa) my Mum photographed
My mum sent me a photo of an interesting spider she found and didn't even have the chance to ask what it was before I responded "THAT'S A NET CASTING SPIDER!!!!" Found in Victoria.
16:14 UTC
Can anyone identify this lovely creature
Spotted by a beach in perth
13:54 UTC
Found in Mirram grass by a beach in New Zealand.
Latrodectus katipo
09:28 UTC
Behind the toilet door. Calen, QLD.
04:12 UTC
Huntsman entry points?
Just had a freaky experience with a huntsman crawl out of the towel i was using (gross) and run towards my newborn! This is maybe the 5th ive found inside my apartment this summer and I would love to know how they can get in so I can try to prevent it. We have fly screens on all windows, don't leave the sliding balcony door open unattended, and have filled the only crack we can find (in a cupboard). There are no real gaps around the edge of our front door. We're on the first floor in the building. Could they come up through pipes? I often see them in the bathroom. Thanks!
20:58 UTC
ID please
hello! i live in canberra australia! in an apartment complex and ive found 4 of these guys! can someone please tell me what type of spider this is thank you in advance
10:36 UTC
Melbourne, VIC
Roughly smaller than a pinky fingernail
10:31 UTC
ID? Sydney, NSW
These guys keep hanging out on my laundry at work
10:01 UTC
What's this spider? Canberra.
Never seen one like this!
09:51 UTC
Huge huntsman spider
08:00 UTC
SA Huntsman
Found this absolute unit while cleaning bins at a servo in Mid North SA today. He was unimpressed about losing his prime cockroach-hunting spot but I moved him on to some nearby scrub for the sake of our more sensitive customers. Does anyone know what kind of huntsman it is? (I'm pretty sure it's one anyway, though a co-worker reckons it's a wolf spider)
05:14 UTC
ID: Werrington NSW
04:38 UTC
Identification (if even possible)
I was reading the linked post about white tails (it was in the auto comment about the truth about their venom) and i wanted to know what these guys were (no location bc it’s in a pic so might not be possible)
I feel like I have seen the ones circled in Sydney NSW though
04:10 UTC
Why so many spiders getting in my car?
Over the past year, we've had 5 instances of finding a large spider (wolf/huntsman) in our car - around the edge of the boot. From talking to friends/family this seems more than normal??
We live in a suburban area of Canberra, our house has a concrete carport (surrounded by some greenery but doesn't seem like anything different to other houses), park on sealed carparks at work, and even when we go other places now really try and avoid parking near gumtrees etc! So I can't see an obvious cause in our environment.
Wondering if there's anything particular about our car that could attract spiders?! It's an older Subaru XV.
Interested in any thoughts!!
02:02 UTC