Funnel-web spiders are one of the most common spiders in Newcastle, Australia. However, despite how common they are, the spiders generally only bite between 30 to 40 people per year.

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

Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus) are some of the most venomous spiders in the world. If untreated, a single bite can kill a small child within 15 minutes and an adult within three days.

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, ... Despite its size, Hemsworth is by no means the largest type of spider in Australia.

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 ...

However, it was discovered that not only was Hemsworth special for his size, but he was also an undiscovered species of funnel-web spider altogether. Hemsworth is an Atrax Christenseni funnel-web ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, ... Despite its size, Hemsworth is by no means the largest type of spider in Australia.

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.

Despite its size, Hemsworth is by no ... A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.