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.
Scorpions
Common arachnids found in gardens, forests and deserts.
A Spider toolkit
Discover the highly developed range of tools spiders use for sensing the world.
