The Find-a-spider Guide

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Large spiders (more than 12 mm long)

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Australothele jamiesoni	Hadronyche formidab.	Paraembolides boycei	Namea salanitri
Aname barrema	Idiommata iridescens	Selenocosmia stirlingi	Neosparassus salacius
Heteropoda jugulans	Acroaspis tuberculifera	Backobourkia brounii	Hortophora biapicata
Miturga lineata	Argiope trifasciata	Argiope picta	Argiope protensa
Morebilus plagusius	Storena mainae	Deinopis ravida	Ariamnes colubrinus
Pediana regina	Storosa obscura	Clubiona robusta	Namea flavomaculata
Hetaerica scenica	Cheiracanthium species?	Male Missulena bradleyi	Female M. bradleyi
Sandalodes superbus	Cyrtophora moluccensis	Nephilengys papuana	Tetragnatha nitens
Blakistonia aurea	Coremiocnemis tropix?	Isopeda queenslandensis	Neosparassus calligaster
Neosparassus diana	Lycosa leucophaeoides?	Holconia immanis	Seqocrypta jakara
Beregama cordata	Nephila pilipes	Beregama aurea	Euoplos variabilis
Tasmanicosa godeffroyi	Habronestes hunti	Isopedella cerussata	Idiommata scintillans
M. australianus	Argiope magnifica	Isopeda vasta	Idiosoma berlandi
Mituliodon tarantulinus	Tarlina noorundi	Pandercetes gracilis	Namirea planipes
Neosparassus pictus	Tetragnatha demissa	Tetragnatha valida	Corasoides australis
Arbanitis longipes	Ixamatus webbae	Ixamatus species	Cataxia pulleinei
Holconia insignis	Argiope bullocki	Portacosa cinerea	Cyrt. cylindroides?
Aname inimica	Hickmania troglodytes	Ozicrypta species	Miturga gilva
Unknown lycosid	Habronestes bradleyi	Morebilus fumosus	Tasmanicosa leuckarti
Arbanitis species	Allocosa palabunda	Hogna species	Idioctis yerlata
Allocosa obscuroides	Hadronyche versuta	Xamiatus ilara	Selenocosmia crassipes
Dolomedes facetus	Isopedella victorialis	Synothele harveyi?	Hortophora transmarina
Dolomedes briangreenei	Morebilus plagusius