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Hunting Spiders
Ground Spiders
Spotted Ground Spider (Storena sp) 3 images			The Spotted Ground Spider has black body with yellow spots on the abdomen. The legs are brown or black. It is a rover and can move rapidly. Read more >
Huntsman Spiders
Water Spider (Dolomedes sp) 2 images			This Dolomedes water spider is brown with a white border round the head and white markings on the sides. It looks a bit like a wolf spider but does not have a large pair of eyes in centre like wolf spiders. It can run on the surface of the water. Read more >
Brown Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda jugulans) 6 images			The Brown Huntsman is a large spider patterned in brown and black. It has crab-like legs, and is fast moving. Read more >
Green huntsman (near-Neosparassus undescribed) 2 images			This small green huntsman spider appears to be undescribed although it is fairly common. It is a new genus near Neosparassus. Read more >
Huntsman Spider (Neosparassus sp) 1 image			This Huntsman is a large pale brown spider Read more >
Sac Spiders
Sac Spider (Clubiona sp) 3 images			Sac spiders are yellow to fawn, may have dark markings on the body, and are fairly slow moving. Read more >
Trapdoor and Funnel Web Spiders
Golden Trapdoor Spider (Arbanitis sp) 4 images			The Golden Trapdoor Spider is a large sturdy spider. Has two rows of tiny eyes. Detects prey by vibrations near entrance to their burrow. Males rear up when provoked and can bite. The bite is painful, but not dangerous to humans. Not all... Read more >
Brush-footed Trapdoor Spider (Seqocrypta sp.) 1 image			Brush-footed Trapdoor Spiders belong to the Barychelidae family. They live in burrow with a trapdoor under leaf litter, or against tree roots or rocks. The species shown here is khaki-brown coloured with mottled markings on the abdomen. Read more >
Wolf Spiders
Wolf Spider (Lycosa sp) 6 images			The Wolf Spider is a hunting spider. Body colours are typically dark grey or brown, with bars of tan, yellow or black. May have pattern of radiating lines on thorax. The spider's underside is lighter coloured. The sides of their jaws have a... Read more >