- Man discovered a large, ‘aggressive’ spider crawling on his front lawn last night
- He posted a photo of the spider on Facebook and asked for help identifying it
- ‘Anyone know this spider? Aggressive. Cannot find a match on Google,’ he said
An Australian man discovered a large, ‘aggressive’ spider crawling on his front lawn overnight.
Terrified, yet intrigued by the fury black arachnid, the man posted a photo of the spider on Facebook with the hope someone would be able to identify it.
‘Anyone know this spider? Aggressive. Cannot find a match through Google,’ Paul Cooper said.
An Australian man discovered a large, ‘aggressive’ spider crawling on his front lawn overnight (pictured)
Commenters were quick to point out that it is a trapdoor spider (pictured), often confused with funnel web spiders
Commenters were quick to point out that it is a trapdoor spider, often confused with funnel web spiders.
Jeremy D. Wilson with the Australian Rivers Institute’s School of Environment told Daily Mail Australia the spider is a male.
‘Male mygalomorph spiders leave their burrow to look for a mate around this time of year,’ he said.
‘They are commonly called ‘wishbone spiders’ because they make a side-tunnel in their burrow which makes the overall shape of the burrow look like a wishbone.’
‘Other people call them ‘open-holed trapdoor spiders’ because they generally don’t have a lid on their burrow.’
Mr Wilson said trapdoor spiders are found throughout Australia.
‘They are commonly called ‘wishbone spiders’ because they make a side-tunnel in their burrow which makes the overall shape of the burrow look like a wishbone,’ Jeremy D. Wilson with the Australian Rivers Institute said