Image Gallery: Australian spiders

Australia's spiders come in a startling variety of colours, shapes and sizes. Some species make distinctive webs and many make silken retreats for protection or for their egg sacs and some even dig holes with elaborate silken triplines around the entrance.

Flat Spider Flat Spider
Flower spider (Diaea sp) Flower spider (Diaea sp)
Fringed Jumping Spider (Portia sp.) eating a spider Fringed Jumping Spider (Portia sp.) eating a spider
Garden Orb Spider, Eriophora sp. Garden Orb Spider, Eriophora sp.
Garden Orb Weaving Spider, Eriophora sp. (Araneidae) Garden Orb Weaving Spider, Eriophora sp. (Araneidae)
Golden orb weaver spider Golden orb weaver spider
Hairy Imperial spider with Bolas line Hairy Imperial spider with Bolas line
Head of a Net-casting Spider, Deinopis Head of a Net-casting Spider, Deinopis
Jumping spider eating a fly Jumping spider eating a fly
Leaf Curling Spider (adult), Phonognatha graeffei Leaf Curling Spider (adult), Phonognatha graeffei
Leaf-curling Spider in retreat Leaf-curling Spider in retreat
Male Eastern Mouse Spider, Missulena bradleyi Male Eastern Mouse Spider, Missulena bradleyi
Net-casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) Net-casting spider (Deinopis subrufa)
Net-casting Spider and net, Deinopis subrufa Net-casting Spider and net, Deinopis subrufa
Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti
Rufous Net-Caster Spider, Deinopis subrufa Rufous Net-Caster Spider, Deinopis subrufa
Scorpion-tailed Spider, Arachnura higginsi Scorpion-tailed Spider, Arachnura higginsi
Silver Orb-weaving Spider, Leucauge sp. Silver Orb-weaving Spider, Leucauge sp.
Six-spined Spider, Austracantha minax Six-spined Spider, Austracantha minax
Southern Tree Funnel-web Spider Southern Tree Funnel-web Spider