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 original single species of Sydney funnel-web is named Atrax robustus, and grows up to 1.6 inches in length.. The researchers describe in the paper how they used DNA analysis to determine that ...

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 ...

“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 dark, glossy Sydney funnel-web spider was originally described in 1877 as Atrax robustus. The name stuck until more recently when staff at the Australian Reptile Park, ...

There are several funnel-web spiders, but the most well-known is the Atrax robustus. These arachnids, found in Australia, are "large, black aggressive spider[s] with large powerful fangs," said ...

Male Atrax robustus spiders (Sydney funnel-web spiders) are responsible for over 10 deaths a year. That said, there are plenty of other harmless spiders in many other parts of the world who create ...

The ‘true’ Sydney funnel-web, Atrax robustus, centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central Coast while the Southern Sydney funnel-web is a resurrected species name from 1914,” Dr ...

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 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 ...

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 ...