funnel-web spiders
Deadly Australian arachnids
Funnel-web spiders are venomous spiders that construct funnel-shaped webs, with silk narrowing into a tube where the spider waits for prey.
The term most often refers to Australian species in the family Atracidae, including the Sydney funnel-web, whose bite can be fatal to humans without antivenom.
North American funnel-web spiders belong to a different family and pose no serious danger.
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- venomous fangsToxin-delivering teeth
- arachnidEight-legged wingless arthropod
- eight legsArachnid or cephalopod trait
- webInterwoven filament structure
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