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The spider, named after its discoverer, Simon McClusky, is similar to a trapdoor spider. According to Raven, 300 species of the brush-footed trapdoor spiders are alive today but don't fossilize.

Australian Reptile Park, located near Sydney, Australia, shared on social media that it needs deadly funnel-web spiders and their eggs for its “life-saving antivenom program,” which uses the ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web spider dubbed "Hercules" was found on the Central Coast, about 50 miles north of Sydney, and was initially given to a local hospital, the Australian Reptile Park said ...

Australian Reptile Park asks residents to be on alert for spiders in cool, dark areas. Some areas the funnel-webs like to frequent are shoes, piles of laundry, pools and debris left in yards and ...

Venomous Spider Named Hercules Sets Record with His Giant Size: 'Biggest Fangs I've Ever Seen' The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the ...

Wildlife experts in Australia said they recently came into contact with the largest male specimen of the world's most venomous spider. Measuring 7.9 cm (3.11 inches), the arachnid named Hercules ...

March 23, 2023 / 11:47 AM EDT / CBS News Researchers have discovered a new and rare "giant" trapdoor spider species in Australia, the Queensland Museum Network announced.

Like one Aussie mom who was too busy feeding a possum to notice the massive huntsman spider that came to join the dinner party. Arachnophobes, you’ve been warned, there’s a very big spider in ...

Funnel-web spiders vary in length and have a black to brown color, according to the Australian Museum. Additionally, there have been no recorded deaths from a funnel-web spider bite since the ...