World's Deadliest Spider Has Been Harboring a Killer Secret
Finally, to the north dwells an entirely newly discovered species, the Newcastle funnel-web (Atrax christenseni). And these are the chonkers: Big Boy, it transpires, was a Newcastle funnel-web, and some of the other large funnel-web spiders from the region, such as the recently recovered spider named Hemsworth, were misattributed too.
Newcastle funnel-web spider identified as bigger, deadlier than …
5 days ago · In short: Researchers have confirmed Sydney's funnel-web spiders are made up of three different species. The largest and most venomous type is known as the Newcastle funnel-web.
Atrax christenseni - Wikipedia
5 days ago · The Newcastle funnel-web spider (Atrax christenseni) is a species of venomous mygalomorph funnel-web spider of the family Atracidae, native to an area north of Newcastle in Australia. [2] Large male specimens have led to the nickname Newcastle big boys.
These large spiders all came from Newcastle, a city 150 km north of Sydney. Investigating further, the research team collected new specimens of funnel-webs from throughout the Sydney region, focusing on their DNA. They also compared newly collected spiders with older specimens in the Australian Museum collections dating back to the early 1900s.
World's deadliest spider has just got larger - The Telegraph
4 days ago · The Newcastle funnel-web spider has a body length of more than 9cm Credit: Kane Christensen Nick Squires. 14 January 2025 12:00pm GMT A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the ...
Scientists resolve 'identity crisis' for Australia's deadliest spider
5 days ago · These large spiders all came from Newcastle, a city 150 km north of Sydney. Investigating further, the research team collected new specimens of funnel-webs from throughout the Sydney region ...
Super-sized funnel-web spider discovered in Newcastle
4 days ago · Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The previously identified species of the spider are the well-known Sydney funnel web (Atrax robustus), found from the Central Coast and throughout the Sydney Basin, and the Southern Sydney funnel web (Atrax montanus), which lives alongside the Atrax robustus but is more widely distributed and can be found from the Watagans southwest of Newcastle ...
'The Big Boy': New super-sized funnel web species discovered
5 days ago · The super-sized funnel web was discovered in Newcastle by Australian Reptile Parks' spider expert, Kane Christensen. (Nine) So far, the species has been confined to the Newcastle area and it's ...
Newcastle Funnel-web Spider, Atrax christenseni
Newcastle Funnel-webs are shiny, dark brown to black spiders with finger-like spinnerets (silk-spinning organs) at the end of their abdomen. Males have a large mating spur projecting from the middle of their second pair of legs.
New larger species of funnel-web spider discovered in NSW
A new, larger species of funnel-web spider has been discovered in Australia, earning the nickname of "big boy". The Newcastle funnel-web species, much larger than other funnel webs and previously considered part of the Sydney funnel-web species, was found lurking near the New South Wales city, 9News reported. The Australian Reptile Park's spider expert, Kane Christensen, officially discovered ...