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Red-back Spider      
Latrodectus hasseltii

Habitat and Biology

This spider is commonly found outdoors around human habitation, in such places as rubbish, litter, old tins, containers, under and on steps of the verandah, and on or under the seats of outdoor toilets! Storage stacks and disused furniture will encourage the breeding of this spider. In nature, it occurs under logs, bark, sides of rocks, etc. As the spider rarely leaves its web, humans are not likely to be bitten unless some part of the body (eg. the hand) is put into the web. Always check before moving items that have been stored outdoors for some time. Wear gloves when cleaning up rubbish areas. The female produces up to ten pale-yellow egg sacs, each with approximately 250 eggs. Females may live for two to three years, males about 90 days.

Colour

Male: Usually without red markings. Body light brown with white markings on upperside of abdomen, and pale hour-glass marking on underside.
Female: Body and legs dark brown to black. Characteristic red hour-glass marking on underside of abdomen, usually also with broad, red stripe on upperside of rear half of abdomen; red stripe sometimes broken. Juveniles recognised by white markings on abdomen.

Form
Characteristic pea-shaped abdomen, long slender legs, males much smaller than females. For more information, see the Queensland Museum Spider Page.

Body Length
Male: 4mm
Female: 10mm

Web type
Tangled web with sticky catching attached to substrate.

Bite
The bite is highly venomous and characterised by intense localised pain and around the bite site. Other symptoms may include sweating, muscular weakness, loss of co-ordination and, in severe cases nausea, vomiting, convulsions, etc. The following envenomation description is from The Australian Animal Toxins by Struan Sutherland, 1983. Signs and Symptoms: The normal sequence of events after a bite is as follows. A sharp pin-pricking pain is almost invariable. Usually the bite site becomes hot, erythema and oedema develop rapidly. Localized sweating often occurs. The swelling is generally limited to an area of several cm in radius from the bite site; occasionally it is extreme. Approximately five minutes after the bite, intense local pain commences and increases in severity and distribution. In most cases, pain is the predominant symptom; the patient is sometimes distraught and even hysterical because of its intensity. Movement of the affected limb often significantly increases the pain. About thirty minutes after the bite, pain and swelling are often experienced in the regional lymph nodes. If abdominal pain occurs, it is worse when the lower extremities or genitals were bitten, probably due to lymph node involvement. Sometimes severe pain develops in parts remote from the bite site, for example, in an opposite limb or the opposite side of the trunk. Uncommon, even bizarre, signs and symptoms developed in some cases. There were tetanic spasms, tingling in the teeth, swelling of the tongue, bite site infection, convulsions, excessive thirst, severe diarrhoea, anaphylactic reaction to the venom, blotchy rash on face, haemoptysis, dyspnoea, dysuria, severe trismus, persistent anorexia, periorbital oedema and/or conjunctivas. Patchy areas of what was described as `bizarre sweating' were not uncommon. For additional information see http://www.anaes.med.usyd.edu.au/venom/spiders.html

Funnel-web Spider      

Hadronyche modesta

Habitat and Biology

Although these spiders are related to the Sydney funnel-web spider, they have not been implicated in any fatalities or serious envenomations. In Melbourne, they are only known from the outskirts in the Dandenong Ranges area. Female and male habits and biology are similar to the trap-door spider. Females remain in or around their silk-lined burrow. During late summer and autumn, males wander in search of females and may enter into buildings. Funnel-web spiders use what are known as 'trip-wires' to catch their prey. These trip-wires are strands of silk radiating from the burrow entrance. At night, the spider sits inside the entrance with its legs touching the silken strands. When it feels the vibrations of an insect tripping the wires the spider pounces on the prey.

Colour

Male: Similar to female, though cephalothorax and legs often with a polished lustre.
Female: Cephalothorax and legs shining black, abdomen dark brown to black.

Form
Similar in form to Trap-door spider except generally smaller in overall body size and darker in colour.

Body Length
Male: 20mm
Female: 30mm

Web type
Several strands of silk radiate from around the entrance of the burrow.

Bite

Despite being a relative of the Sydney funnel-web spider, the venom is only known to cause general symptoms such as headaches and nausea.

White Tailed Spider      

Lampona cylindrata

Habitat and Biology

The white tailed spider is a vagrant hunter which feeds mainly on other spiders. It is nocturnally active and often enters buildings where it can be seen walking across floors and up walls. It is commonly found in the bedroom. During daylight hours, the spider seeks a dark place to hide. Indoors, this may be in clothing that has been left lying about and bites may occur when this clothing is subsequently used. In nature, the spider can be found under the bark of trees and under rocks. During periods of quiescence such as moulting and egg laying, the spider spins a silken sac-like retreat. The eggs, which have a pinkish hue, are encased in a flattened silk capsule and guarded by the female until hatching.

Colour

Male: Similar to female but with two pairs of pale spots always present on the abdomen and a dark, oval plate toward front of abdomen on upperside.
Female: Body dark grey, legs with reddish brown tinge, abdomen with dull white patch at tip and sometimes with more or less distinct, paired, pale spots on the middle of the abdomen.

Form

Body cylindrical, often described as cigar-shaped, front two pairs of legs directed forward.

Body Length
Male: 12mm
Female: 20mm

Web type

Does not build a web.

Bite

Bites by this spider are relatively frequent due to its wandering habit. Symptoms range from no reaction to swelling and local blistering at the bite site and nausea. The white tailed spider has been suggested as a culprit in rare cases of large scale necrotic lesions but there is little supporting evidence.

Wolf Spider   

    
Lycosa (species)
Family: Lycosidae

Habitat and Biology

Wolf spiders are ground-dwelling hunters. Some species shelter in permanent burrows while others are vagrants. In the garden they are often encountered by humans whilst digging or weeding. When disturbed they rapidly run across the ground. When they stop suddenly their colour patterns can make them difficult to see. The egg sac is constructed of white papery silk and is carried around by the female attached to her spinnerets at the rear of the abdomen. Upon hatching, the spiderlings are carried around on the female's back until they can fend for themselves. This degree of parental care is unusual among spiders.

Colour

Male: Similar to female.
Female: Brown to greyish brown, cephalothorax often with paler radiating pattern, abdomen often with foliate or ribbed pattern above and black patch below.

Form
Rear two pairs of eyes enlarged with most posterior pair placed distinctly back on cephalothorax.

Body Length
Male: Up to 25mm
Female: Up to 25mm

Web type
Does not build a web.

Bite
There are no records of any serious symptoms resulting from wolf spider bites in Australia. Symptoms include local pain and swelling.

FOR more information

http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/spiders-found-in-victoria/spiders---meet-your-housemates/

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