Fox Gully Bushcare
Spider found in swimming pool. Species uncertain, but I thought it looked like a funnel web, but without the spinnerets
Not sure on ID- definitely a trapdoor male. In very slightly webbed tunnel, no lid
Found under a rotting log in a curtain-type web. Mature male with spikes.
Armoured trapdoor-spider Idiopidae sp, identified by Robert Raven, Tarkine Bush Blitz, Tasmania, February 2015
Spotted this cutie in our backyard.
Field Notes - This was found on a towell in our downstairs bathroom. Fortunately before it was used. I think it's a trapdoor spider of some sort.
Sighting and photos (c) greg_mccroary.
Field Notes - Brown trapdoor spider. Large, aggressive and impressive spider found in leaf litter in the garden. Good reason to wear gloves.
Sighting and photos (c) rod1.
Field Notes - Body size of two five cent pieces
Similar to previously submitted spider but no silver on abdomen
Whole spider between a twenty and a fifty cent piece size
Not aggressive but very quick and fast to reapond to stimulii
Sighting and photos (c) questagamer123.
Field Notes - living in a hole in the garden. I'm assuming it's got a blue egg sac
Tunnel entrance
Possibly a ‘Wolf Spider’ according to the ‘SA Field Guide’ app.
Quite large 40-50mm across the legs. It was not aggressive but I would not push my luck.
It was walking around our camp wood pile early in the evening.
Toowoomba Trapdoor (Euoplos sp.) near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 14 June 2005.
See discussion on this species by Ron Atkinson at www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/202.htm
This large spider had crawled up inside a rolled section of snake wire (6 mm square mesh). I was worried s/he might not be able to get out, so I carefully opened the roll and gently shook it...spider dropped to the ground and waited while I lifted the wire away. S/he was in no hurry to get away so I photographed and left. S/he was gone later, so I guess is safely busy somewhere in our backyard forest. I was a bit concerned it might be a Funnelweb and was very glad to have someone id it as a False Funnelweb, or Wishbone Spider. Apparently those fangs can do some damage, but this spider's venom is not nearly as toxic as Funnelweb's - phew!