funnel-web spiders

A NSW woman who discovered four venomous spiders in her swimming pool is now warning others why they should check the water before diving in.Lynda Smith, who lives on the NSW north coast, said she recently spotted at least four eastern…

A tiny jumping spider that looks like a “liquorice-all-sort” and a “ferocious hunter” that camouflages as a tree branch are among three new spider species uncovered by researchers searching Australia’s remote alpine region. Twenty…