are there funnel web spiders in port macquarie?
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The Port Macquarie funnel-web spider is found along the northern coast of New South Wales in eastern Australia, where specimens have been collected from the vicinity of Forster north through Taree, Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour and Bellingen.
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Species are spread from South Australia (Adelaide Hills) through areas of Victoria, Tasmania and up the east coast into Queensland. They Sydney Funnel-web (Atrax robustus) is confined to radius of about 160km around Sydney itself. ... The approximate distribution of funnel-web spiders within Australia.
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A new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered in Tasmania. ... A new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered hiding in a wet forest near Weldborough. Tasmania is home to several hundred species of spiders, including spitting spiders, jumping spiders, peacock spiders, and a whole army of other arachnids.
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Funnel-web spiders live in the moist forest regions of the east coast and highlands of Australia from Tasmania to north Queensland. They are also found in the drier open forests of the Western Slopes of the Great Dividing Range and South Australia's Gulf ranges.
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It is easy to mistake these two species of spider. ... However, while Black house spiders occur all around Australia, the Sydney funnel-web spider has not been found in Western Australia and only occurs in the eastern parts of the country.
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Funnel web spiders are the most common spiders found in homes, particularly during late summer and early fall. ... Funnel web spiders are harmless but are often mistaken for the brown recluse, a spider whose venom is of medical importance, that does not naturally occur in Colorado.
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Funnel web spider (Cicuria sp.) This species is common in open fields and around buildings. ... These spiders are not considered dangerous, but like other large spiders, they will bite in self-defense if handled roughly. They are not often found indoors.
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The redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii), also known as the Australian black widow, is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in South Australia or adjacent Western Australian deserts, but now found throughout Australia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, with colonies elsewhere outside Australia.
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There are six species of false widow spiders that live in the UK (Steatoda nobilis, Steatoda grossa, Steatoda bipunctata, Steatoda albomaculata, Steatoda. triangulosa and Asagena phalerata). They are all black or brown, rotund species up to about the size of a small finger-nail.
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When threatened or provoked, funnel-web spiders will display aggressive behaviour, rearing up on their hind legs and displaying their fangs.
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What is a funnel spider? ... There are around 30 species of funnel spider and just one bite can be fatal to humans. Between 1927 and 1981 there are thought to have been 15 deaths from bites. Male funnel spiders have a much more poisonous bite than females but they live for around eight years less.
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Poor spiders are so misunderstood! ... This is one of the larger species of Huntsman Spider found in Australia, with a leg span of over 20cm, and is mainly found in eastern Queensland. He added, 'the largest Huntsman Spider known is the Giant Huntsman, Heteropoda maxima, with a leg span of 30cm.
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A Sydney funnel-web spider. These spiders are among the most venomous in the world. Funnel-web spiders are spiders that build funnel-shaped webs, which they use as burrows or to trap prey. ... Some species are among the most deadly spiders in the world, while others are not harmful to humans.
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Mouse spiders are widely distributed throughout Australia. The mouse spider lives in burrows in the ground, often near creeks and rivers, but is sometimes found in suburban gardens.
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Spiders in the Dipluridae family are commonly known as funnel-web tarantulas. “This family belongs to the group of mygalomorphs, a spider group with distinct fangs and they have long spinnerets,” Bills said.
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Funnel Weaver Spiders These spiders rarely enter homes, but they can be scary when you come across them in your yard or in your garden, especially if you mistake them for the brown recluse. Fortunately, these spiders have hair to help you tell them apart from those brown recluse spiders.
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The tunnelweb spider is New Zealand's largest, and is commonly found in Wellington.