Queensland has a wide variety of spiders in its various environments. Most areas with greenery and shrubbery include about 700 spider species. Though several of them contain venom deadly enough to incapacitate a man, like the redback spider, they are generally not aggressive creatures. The activity of most spiders peaks during the summer.
Common Spiders: Black House Spider, Long Bodied Cellar Spider
Biggest Spider: Coastal Whistling Spider
Most Dangerous Spiders: Redback Spider, White-tailed Spider, Garden Orb Web Spider
Most Venomous
Orb-Weaver Spiders
Funnel-web Spiders
- Toowoomba Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche infensa)
- Greater Lamington Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche valida)
- Lesser Lamington Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche lamingtonensis)
- Monteith’s Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche monteithi)
- Northern Rivers Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche formibabilis)
- Wet Tropics Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche anzses)
- Conondale Funnel-web Spider (Hadronyche raveni)
Huntsman Spiders
- Lichen Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes gracilis)
House Spiders
- Black House Spider (Badumna insignis)
Wolf Spiders
- Little Striped Wolf Spider (Venatrix furcillata)
Mouse Spiders
- Eastern Mouse Spider (Missulena bradleyi)
Comb-Footed Spiders
White‐Tailed Spiders
- White-tailed Spider (Lampona cylindrata)
Australian Tarantulas
- Coastal Whistling Spider (Selenocosmia crassipes)
Less Venomous
Orb-Weaver Spiders
Cellar Spiders
- Long Bodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
Trapdoor Spiders
- Brisbane Trapdoor Spider (Arbanitis longipes)