Spider diversity
Learn more about spiders, their origins and how they are classified.
Australia's spider fauna
Australia's described spider fauna consists of about 2000 species.
- Bird-dropping spider, Celaenia excavata
- Black House Spider, Badumna insignis
- Carrai Cave Spider, Progradungula carraiensis
- Comb-footed Platform Spider, Achaearanea mundula
- Cupboard Spiders, Steatoda sp.
- Daddy-long-legs Spider, Pholcus phalangioides
- Flower Spiders, Diaea sp.
- Foliage Webbing Spider
- Fringed Jumping Spider, Portia fimbriata
- Ground spiders
- Huntsman Spiders
- Badge Huntsman Spiders, Neosparassus sp.
- Jumping spiders
- Lynx Spider
- Magnificent Spider
- Sydney Funnel-web Spider, Atrax robustus
- Net-casting Spiders
- Rufous Net-casting Spider
- Garden Orb Weaving Spiders
- Golden Orb Weaving Spiders, Nephila sp.
- Silver Orb Weaving Spiders
- Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti
- Red-headed Mouse Spider, Missulena occatoria
- Sac Spiders
- Slater-eating Spider
- Spotted Ground Spiders
- St Andrew's Cross Spider, Argiope keyserlingi
- Tasmanian Cave Spider
- Trapdoor Spiders
- Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, Misgolas villosus
- Triangular Spiders, Arkys sp.
- Tube spiders
- Two-spined Spider
- Whip Spider
- White-tailed Spider
- Wolf Spiders
- Garden Wolf Spider
- Spider facts
Spiders in our Collection
Read stories and learn more about our Arachnology Collection.
Spiders in art and culture
Spiders feature in rituals, beliefs, art, entertainment and literature.
A spider's life
Find out how spiders feed, reproduce, develop and protect themselves.
Dangerous spiders
Find out about dangerous spider species, the effects of their venom and how bites are treated.
A Spider toolkit
Discover the highly developed range of tools spiders use for sensing the world.
