Spiders seen at night

This spider was busily spinning its web at night in the shelter at Dryandra woodlands campsite in the wheatbelt.

This spider was found in the day at the Brickwood Reserve near Byford. No amount of tickling from me with a Grass Tree prong would wake it up.

This spider was seen at Nullagine in the Pilbara in December.

This spider was also seen at Nullagine in the Pilbara in December. It chased the torch light (or my feet?).

This was a spider seen at our local Primary School when we were hunting for geckos in May and it was hunting anything in its way.

This very large spider was seen on the ground at the Hills Forest Centre where we were having our own night walk. It could possibly be a wolf spider.

You don't always have to be bigger to win! This small spider on the right clearly killed the larger spider on the left seen on the floor of my house.

Go Here to see our video of this spider finishing off the bigger intruder.

Huntsman spider Family Sparassidae

They are identified as their front two legs are longer than their rear legs. They love to live in wood sheds and under the bark of trees. They are not aggressive and if they were to bite there should be no reaction (well not from the toxin). This spider below may be a Huntsman or a Wolf spider.

These huge spiders can be around 120mm wide including the legs. These spiders can also jump so be careful if you are going up close for a look at this harmless spider.

Huntsman climb and can scuttle sideways.

I went for a night drive to find big hairy spiders and I found three. This was taken at Mt Dale off Brookton Highway in November.

Females stay with the egg-sac which looks like its made from paper. When its time for the spiderlings to hatch she opens the sac and they stay with her for some time.

There is also a huntsman called the Flat Huntsman spider (no, that's not what it's called once you have stepped on it). Photographed at the Western Australian Museum

I have had a huntsman spider run out of the air vent and across the steering wheel while driving.

This is possibly the Banded Huntsman spider. When your sitting in a shelter somewhere don't forget to look up! This huge spider was in the rafters at the information shelter at Mt Matilda in the Wongan Hills, Wheatbelt in September. This spider hunts and pounces on its prey.

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This Huntsman lives in my wood shed. Huntsman are also in the Araneomorphae group.

Go here to learn more about Huntsman spiders http://www.austmus.gov.au/
factsheets/huntsman_spiders.htm

This was another big hairy spider I saw on the dirt roads of Mt Dale in Perth in November. I don't think it is a Huntsman spider.

This spider had a large neat web where it sat patiently in the middle waiting for dinner to come along. It was seen in the Mundaring area in a National Park on Helena Rd Perth in February.

This spider was seen at Mt Dale in Perth in November.

Three of these spiders were seen at Avon Valley National Park in Perth in February.

When this spider was annoyed it stood up on its tippy-toes on all eight legs to make itself look bigger.