Out of area ID -Spider [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["Hawkins, Brian" <>]

G’day Denise,

 

Here’s the verdict of a spider expert from the QLD museum:

 

‘It is a Tube (trapdoor) spider, presently in the genus Misgolas (probably a named species but I’d need the animal for that), but soon will be placed in another genus. It is not dangerous, no relation to a funnelweb.’

 

Best regards,

 

Brian

 

From: Denise Kay
Sent: Wednesday, 14 September 2016 10:28 AM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Out of area ID -Spider

 

Good morning 

 

Can I please beg the indulgence of the group in ID’ing this quite sizeable spider I discovered in my garden this morning. Probably about 2-2.5 cm head to tail. 

 

I suspect a Funnell web but I have never encountered one in Canberra before .

 

The photo on the right is a tunnel/funnell  type web that I pulled out of a tree fern exposing the spider.That was a shock !! 

 

 

 

 

Can anyone help…please

 

Thanks

Denise

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