Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

this species inhabits the Blue Mountains to the south and west of Sydney. ・The Newcastle funnel-web (Atrax christenseni): Dubbed “Big Boy” for its size, this spider is not only the largest ...

Nicknamed “Big Boy ... most commonly in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, and the Newcastle funnel-web, the largest and most formidable of the three. The bigger the spider, the bigger ...

the Blue Mountains-dwelling atrax montanus, and Big Boy. The Australian Reptile Park’s antivenom program kickstarted the research after spider keeper Kane Christensen noted many spiders donated ...