where does a sydney funnel web spider live
eastern Australia
title: Sydney funnel-web spider text: Sydney funnel-web spider The Sydney funnel-web spider ("Atrax robustus") is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated. The Sydney funnel-web is medium to large in size, with body length ranging from . Both sexes are glossy and darkly colored, ranging from blue-black, to black, to brown or dark-plum colored. The Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge was the first to describe the Sydney funnel-web title: Sydney funnel-web spider text: be found in moist microhabitats, including under logs and foliage. Sydney funnel-web spiders are mostly terrestrial spiders, favouring habitats with moist sand and clays. They typically build silk-lined tubular burrow retreats with collapsed "tunnels" or open "funnel" entrances from which irregular trip-lines radiate over the ground. In some exceptions, which lack trip-lines but may have trapdoors, the silk entrance tube may be split into two openings, in a Y or T form. Sydney funnel-webs burrow in sheltered habitats where they can find a moist and humid climate, for instance under rocks, logs or borer holes in rough-barked trees. The long-lived title: Sydney funnel-web spider text: length ranging from . Both sexes are glossy and darkly colored, ranging from blue-black, to black, to brown or dark-plum colored. The carapace covering the cephalothorax is almost hairless and appears smooth and glossy. Another characteristic are finger-like spinnerets at the end of their abdomen. The shorter-lived male is smaller than the female but longer legged. The average leg length for the spider in general is six to seven centimeters. Distribution is centred on Sydney, extending north to the Central Coast and south to the Illawarra region, and west to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The spider can title: Sydney funnel-web spider text: that stocks of antivenom were running low, and members of the public were asked to catch the spiders so that they could be milked for their venom. One dose of antivenom requires around 70 milkings from a spider. As part of its milking programme in January 2016, the Australian Reptile Park received a male Sydney funnel-web spider with a leg span. The spider was described by the park as the largest specimen that it had seen. Sydney funnel-web spider The Sydney funnel-web spider ("Atrax robustus") is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a title: Sydney funnel-web spider text: around their abdomen. The spiders are mainly active at night, as typical day-time conditions would dehydrate them. During the day, they seek cover in cool, moist hideaways. After heavy rain, spider activity is increased as their burrows may be flooded. When threatened or provoked, funnel-web spiders will display aggressive behaviour, rearing up on their hind legs and displaying their fangs. When biting, the funnel-web spiders maintain a tight grip on their victim, often biting repeatedly. The lethal dose of venom in humans is not known. The lethal dose of venom from male Sydney funnel-web spiders for the crab-eating macaque ("Macaca