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Lampona cylindrata
About 20mm, longish, mostly black, with four faint pale spots on the abdomen and a distinctive white tip. Cute tiny blue eyes.
Found slowly prowling around an outer urban laundry at night... looking for some clothes to nest in.
These spiders are native to southern Australia, have welcomed the home building activities of humans particularly clothes and bed linen storage and have acquired a (possibly undeserved) reputation for necrotising bites. Just in case... we have sent them to NZ also.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://www.ozanimals.com/Spider/White-ta...
Spotted on Aug 8, 2015
Submitted on Sep 8, 2015
4 Comments
These would have to be one of the scariest looking spiders...in saying that, bloody good shots Mark! Thank you for sharing :)
Yes, we love sharing our wonderful wildlife with our dear neighbours.
I think there are several smaller white tail types as I see them under bark sometimes. I must have a closer look next time.
I know what you mean Leanne. There is something about them that seems sinister and difficult to like.
These spiders scare me Mark. I now know exactly what they look like. Great spotting.