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Australian Funnel-web Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/Funnel-web spiders, the most notorious members of our spider fauna, are found in eastern Australia.
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Golden Orb Weaving Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/golden-orb-weaving-spiders/The Golden Orb Weaving Spiders build large, strong orb webs with a golden sheen.
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Wolf Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/wolf-spiders/Wolf Spiders are found throughout Australia. They are robust, agile hunters that live on the ground in leaf litter or burrows. They are often found in lawns and gardens.
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Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/sydney-brown-trapdoor-spider/Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, Arbanitis villosus
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Learn how to classify spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/spider-classification/What's the difference between a burrower, weaver and hunter? Sort pictures of spiders into these three groups and investigate the differences between spider species.
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Leaf litter dichotomous key
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/invertebrate-dichotomous-key/Go exploring through your local leaf litter and use this dichotomous key to identify invertebrates you find!
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Silk: the spider's success story
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/silk-the-spiders-success-story/Spiders use silk for many purposes - to protect their young, catch food, make homes and move around.
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Spiders that look like ants
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/spiders-that-look-like-ants/AM scientists have discovered two new species of ant-mimic spiders that gain their ant-like appearance in a most unusual way.
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Where have all the spiders gone?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/where-have-all-the-spiders-gone/Dreading winter? Just be glad you're not a spider.
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Tiny discovery, big news
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/meet-the-latest-dancing-spider/Citizen scientist and peacock spider enthusiast Stuart Harris latest find proves there's still a lot to learn about these tiny arachnids.
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