Some species are termed Australian funnel-web spider, being highly venomous members of the Hexathelidae family.

The work also contains the second ever description of an Australian spider, the species Nephila edulis.

Argyrodes colubrinus, known as the whip spider, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Theridiidae.

Her collection of spiders formed the basis of the major reference work on Australian spiders.

They may be responsible for a disproportionately high number of spider bites compared with other Australian spiders, because of their wandering habits.

Redback, a German style hefeweizen or wheat beer (4.7% alc/vol), named after the infamous Australian spider.

Australian spiders remain dangerous although no one there has died from a spider's bite since 1981, when antivenoms were introduced.

William Joseph Rainbow (1856-1919) was an entomologist and arachnologist whose work includes the first catalogue of Australian spiders.

This Australian spider uses its remarkable night vision to throw a net-like web over its prey, rather like a miniature gladiator.

However, it remains, together with the northern tree funnel-web, the only Australian funnel-web spider known to have inflicted fatal bites to humans.