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.

Spotted Ground Spider, Storena sp., specimen Spotted Ground Spider, Storena sp., specimen
Spotted Ground Spider, specimen Spotted Ground Spider, specimen
St Andrew's Cross Spider, Argiope keyserlingi St Andrew's Cross Spider, Argiope keyserlingi
Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, female Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, female
Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, male Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, male
Sydney Funnel-web Spider - Atrax robustus Sydney Funnel-web Spider - Atrax robustus
Tent Web Spider, Cyrtophora sp. Tent Web Spider, Cyrtophora sp.
The spider from downstairs The spider from downstairs
Uloborid Stick Spider, Miagrammopes sp. - On web with egg sac Uloborid Stick Spider, Miagrammopes sp. - On web with egg sac
Wasp larva eating spider from the outside in Wasp larva eating spider from the outside in
White-tailed Spider White-tailed Spider