Spider ID

[madtuna]

Have looked at a gajillion pictures of spiders till my eyes go funny...anyone got any idea?

Found here in WA near Laverton

 

[Eldorado]

Its a Yellow Spotted Big Arse Funnel Web.Really,I have no idea.?

 

[Sandta]

bikini spider

 

[silver]

Probably an ant

 

[Deepseeker]

You may have found a new species MT.

Arachnid Tunai Insanitus layful:

 

[Anniegee]

Spotted Ground Spider Family Zodariidae, Genus Storena (and Species is possibly formosa)

https://www.ozanimals.com/Spider/Spotted-Ground-Spider/Storena/sp.html

Description
The Spotted Ground Spider has black body with yellow spots on the abdomen. The legs are brown or black. It is a rover and can move rapidly.

Size
15mm

Habitat
open ground, common in gardens

Food
insects hunted on the ground

Notes
Bite results in local mild pain :argh:

Classification
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Storena
Species: sp
Common Name: Spotted Ground Spider

 

[Goldfreak]

Spotted Ground Spider Family Zodariidae, Genus Storena (and Species is possibly formosa)

https://www.ozanimals.com/Spider/Spotted-Ground-Spider/Storena/sp.html

Description
The Spotted Ground Spider has black body with yellow spots on the abdomen. The legs are brown or black. It is a rover and can move rapidly.

Size
15mm

Habitat
open ground, common in gardens

Food
insects hunted on the ground

Notes
Bite results in local mild pain :argh:

Classification
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Storena
Species: sp
Common Name: Spotted Ground Spider

well spotted although the arachnusmadtuniatis looks different to the Google images. Could be a new sub species?

 

[Nightjar]

Hey Steve, Never seen one of these in all the miles tramping around WA. You could try sending a photo off to this department for identification?
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/mites-spiders/common-neighbourhood-spiders?page=0,4

Do think Annie is on the money, there are a number of spotted ground spiders and some are in your region.
The Spotted ground spiders Habronestes and Storena are two genera of spiders in the family Zodariidae.

Identification
Spotted ground spiders are from 6 mm to 20 mm long. They are usually dark-coloured (reddish to black), and sparsely haired. Legs are orange to red or black and white. They have two to five pairs of white or coloured spots on the dorsal surface of the abdomen that can range from pale yellow to bright orange.

 

[silver]

It was probably following the dog

 

[goody2shoes]

Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, also known as the Mediterranean black widow, or the European black widow, is a species in the genus Latrodectus of the widow spiders.
Higher classification: Widow spiders
Scientific name: Latrodectus tredecimguttatus
Order: Spider
Class: Arachnida
Phylum: Arthropoda
Rank: Species

 

[Banjo68]

I found this one on the net
It says it is a Funnel Web. From what I read,there are 40 different species of
Funnel Web spiders
I will try and send the link to the web site

Cheers

 

[goody2shoes]

Related to the widow spiders

There are a lot of different colour variation

 

[Banjo68]

https://images.app.goo.gl/dHMBsXQrUMjuvKD67
Not sure if I have copied the link right
See how it goes

 

[Banjo68]

After comparing the two photos the one
I found looks a bit different but very similar

 

[CreviceSucker]

After comparing the two photos the one
I found looks a bit different but very similar

The front end of yours looks very much like a funnel web , the fangs are thick and look like they have punching power , note the ground based web like funnel webs often do , however i have seen tree dwelling funnel webs that spin a web around a leaf to roll it into a tube and make their web inside it , the one i saw had glossy black fangs and legs and was about 25 mm long

 

[madtuna]

Thanks fellas.
Some close but no cigar yet. Most likely one of the spotted ground spiders, the closest so far is the ant hunter but different shaped bum..... maybe hes just a munted version.

 

[davent]

Careful Steve! I remember a few years ago, a mine site near Karratha was closed due to an endangered species of spider!

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Check this site
Doesn't sound right but looks the similar

https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/12/11/whats-that-spider-2/

 

[Gazeka]

Looks like a dot painted Funnel Web, any local aspiring artists about?

 

[madtuna]

Looks like a dot painted Funnel Web, any local aspiring artists about?

yeah...but they are too busy doing the Geckos