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Image Gallery: Spider Identification

This gallery of the 'usual suspects' are examples of the most common spider enquiries we get in Search and Discover.

Sydney Funnel-Web Spider up close Sydney Funnel-Web Spider up close
Sydney Funnel-web Spider - Atrax robustus Sydney Funnel-web Spider - Atrax robustus
Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, male Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, male
Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, female Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, female
Black House Spider on bark Black House Spider on bark
Female Mouse Spider, Missulena sp Female Mouse Spider, Missulena sp
Male Eastern Mouse Spider, Missulena bradleyi Male Eastern Mouse Spider, Missulena bradleyi
Huntsman spider Huntsman spider
Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti
White-tailed Spider White-tailed Spider
Golden orb weaver spider Golden orb weaver spider
St Andrew's Cross Spider, Argiope keyserlingi St Andrew's Cross Spider, Argiope keyserlingi
Bird-dropping Spider Bird-dropping Spider

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