Funnel Web Spiders

Common Name and Latin Name
The Common Name and Latin Name are as follows:
Common Name (s): Funnel Web Spiders, Grass spiders and the Sydney Funnel Web Spider
Latin Name: 

Funnel Web Spider identification - what do they look like?
Funnel web spiders are long and are roughly oval in shape, their legs are long, slender and bristly with the eyes being very small and occur in two horizontal rows of four. They have a pair of spinnerets used to make their webs protruding from the tip of their abdomen, with the backs of these spiders distinctively striped or patterned in browns or greys.
Sydney funnel wed spiders are a medium sized spider with a body size ranging from 2cm to 7cm. They are a dark colour and glossy, they range from blue-black to black to brown or a dark-plum colour. Their carapace covering their cephalothoraxes is almost hairless and appears smooth and glossy.  

What do Funnel Web Spiders eat? What is its prey?
Funnel web spiders will eat:

• Mainly beetles

• Large insects
• Snails
• Small animals

Are Funnel Web Spiders poisonous?
All types (except Uloboridae) are poisonous! The male Sydney funnel wed spider is one of the deadliest spiders in the world

How big are Funnel Web Spiders?
The bodies can be from 3mm to 5cm big

Where do Funnel Web Spiders live, what are their habitats?
These spiders can be found world wide, building their webs in grass or leaf litter, on stones, or in the corners of buildings

What is the average life span for Funnel Web Spiders?
These types of spiders live on average for a year

Do Funnel Web Spiders have good eyesight?
Generally speaking these spiders have poor eyesight and rely on vibrations

Facts and Information about Funnel Web Spiders
Did you know the following facts about the arachnids commonly known as Funnel Web Spiders?

• Fact One - There are around 700 known species of funnel web spiders worldwide

• Fact Two - Unlike the majority of spiders, these spiders are more abundant and diverse outside the tropics
• Fact Three - Most funnel web spiders stay with their webs unlike wolf spiders who hunt for their prey
• Fact Four - Their funnel webs are made up entirely with dry silk, meaning un sticky
• Fact Five - The Sydney funnel web spider can be very aggressive when provoked
• Fact Six - The Sydney funnel web spider shows it aggression by lifting its body back and showing off its impressive fangs

Classification of Funnel Web Spiders
Species of spiders are classified according to shared physical characteristics. Spider taxonomy is the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms in a hierarchical system. This method of classification helps when a description of 40,000 spiders is required! The organization of living things have seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. The classification of Funnel Web Spiders are as follows:

Kingdom: Animalia
(Kingdom relates to the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia) :

Phylum: Arthropoda
(Phyla are groups of classes. A series of animals or plants genetically connected with shared characteristics. The second biggest grouping in taxonomy. Arthropoda are jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids, crustaceans, insects etc

Order: Araneae
A taxonomic order, within the class Arachnida (spiders)

Subclass:
The Subclass is another taxonomic category below a class and above an order which helps in the classification process

Family: Hexatheloidea
Another taxonomic category below an order and above a genus which helps in the classification process.

Genus: Atrax
Another taxonomic category below a family and above the level of species which helps in the classification process.

Species: A. robustus
Specis are taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.

Spider Exterminators - Pest Control 
Generally speaking, people do not like spiders especially Funnel Web Spiders and most of all, do not want them in their homes! There are many forms of pest control and ways to exterminate spiders such as Funnel Web Spiders. There are spider exterminators, services, spider zappers, spider traps, spider repeller, spider catchers, spider traps for the removal and extermination process. Advice is available on subjects such as pest controls, pest prevention, spider catchers, spider exterminators and how to kill spiders like Funnel Web Spiders. Some people would like to eliminate spiders from there homes completely, this can be very difficult as an open window on a summers day will allow spiders in, even opening your front door when entering and leaving will allow pesky spiders in. It is very easy to get rid of Funnel Web Spiders by catching them yourself. Its best not to kill spiders as they are very important in controlling the level of other insects that are pests.