Other Spiders

The Spitting Spider (Latin name Scytodes thoricica) belongs to the family of six eyed spiders. (Haplogynae). It is called the “Spitting Spider” because it spits a poisonous sticky substance over its prey. Its body size ranges between 3 and 6 mm. Habitat:  This spider lives in New Mexico which is in North America. Prey:  The […]

The Portia group of spiders contains 15 species of African, Asian and Australian jumping spiders measuring up to 10 millimetres or 0.39 inches. Odd in appearance, it resembles a scrap of vegetation. Rather than scurrying about like other jumping spiders, the Portia has slow, choppy gait, much like robots in science fiction movies. The Portia is […]

Tree trunk spiders belong to the Family Hersiliidae. There are about 150 species in this family and many more undiscovered. . Female Tree Spiders are around 19mm in body length from its chelicerae to the tip of its spinnerets. When her legs stretched out, its longest legs can reach 45mm. They range in size from about 10 […]

The Black House (or window) spider is found in most of Australia including Tasmania and has been introduced into New Zealand. It likes dry temperature and is more common inland. The Scientific name for the Black House spider is Badumna Insignis. The description of the Female is up to 18mm long and the Male is […]

The Southern House Spider, Kukulcania (Filistata) hibernalis Hentz, is a conspicuous arachnid due to its relatively large size and distinctive flat, tangled web. It is common throughout Florida and much of the southern United States in human populated areas. Females are rarely seen and don’t venture far from their web. The females are dark brown or black and […]

The Brown House spider (badumna longinqua) resembles the black house spider except that it is usually brown rather than black and has more obvious surface markings on its abdomen. It appears to be much more common than the black house spider in coastal South-east Queensland. This species is commonly found in retreats of leaves and […]

​This spider is a species within the genus Titiotus, which is native to California. It is often mistaken for a brown recluse because of the colouring and faint violin shape on the abdomen. Titiotus superfically looks like a brown recluse spider, or desert recluse spider, but isn’t. Titiotus has eight eyes, whereas brown recluse-type spiders have […]