"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

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Only three actual bites resulted; none of the three had any significant effect. "So when people tell me spiders crawl into their beds at night and bite them while they are asleep, I just roll my ...

There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra.

Almost 100 people were hospitalised with suspected spider bites last year, official NHS data show, which is four times as many as a decade ago and twice as many as two years ago. The vast majority ...

Keep reading to learn which types may cause bruising, what to do, and how to identify ... Brown recluse spiders can only bite humans with counterpressure, such as if trapped against the skin.

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.