Caution! Funnel-Web Spider Season Begins
The Australian Reptile Park is urging Sydneysiders to stay alert as this year’s Funnel-web spider season begins, and conditions are perfect for increased sightings.
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Funnel-web Spider Bite Survivor Meets Hero Zookeepers
A funnel-web spider bite survivor has met with the Keepers who contributed to saving his life at the Australian Reptile Park this week. With the Australian Reptile Park being the only facility in the world to milk funnel...
Surge in Funnel-Web Spider Activity Across Sydney
The Australian Reptile Park is urging the public to exercise caution over the next few weeks as a surge of predicted rainfall in the coming days after a short spout of hot weather will create the perfect...
Funnel-Web Spider Season Is Just Around the Corner
The Australian Reptile Park is urging the public to exercise caution as recent humid weather has created the perfect conditions for Funnel-web spiders to thrive throughout the Greater Sydney region...
Another Spider Venom Record Broken!
The Australian Reptile Park is proud to announce that Keeper Jake Meney, Head of Reptiles and Spiders, has successfully beaten his own venom record from milking funnel-web spiders. The latest results...
Funnel-web Spider Sightings Set to Spike
The Australian Reptile Park is issuing a warning to the public as recent torrential rains and wet weather conditions during Summer will create perfect conditions for funnel-web spiders to thrive...
Megaspider – “What Nightmares are Made of!”
Recent rainy weather combined with intensely humid weather has provided the perfect conditions for funnel web spiders to thrive. This week, the Australian Reptile Park received the BIGGEST funnel web...
Urgent Call for Funnel-Web Spider Donations
The Australian Reptile Park is urging residents to educate themselves on how to safely catch a funnel-web spider and take it to one of the allocated drop off points so to be used in the Park’s lifesaving antivenom program.
WARNING: Funnel-web Spider Season Begins After Wet Weather
The Australian Reptile Park is issuing a warning to the public as recent wet weather conditions followed by hot days this Spring will create perfect conditions for funnel-web spiders to thrive.
Wolf Spider
There are many different species of wolf spider, which are so named because they actively hunt and run down their prey. Most species are dark brown or grey in colour with black, grey, orange or brown markings.
