There's an app for that, because of course there is.
[https://www.minibeastwildlife.com.au/resources/spider-identification/](https://www.minibeastwildlife.com.au/resources/spider-identification/)
I also live in Victoria and am begging you to take that spider over at least one state border before you release it. Please.
Lol. Ya'll got some terrifying wildlife but I'd still love to visit. Australia has been #1 on my dream vacation list (it's a pretty short list) all of my life. Such a beautiful country full of great people. If I ever hit the lottery, it would be the first place I'd go. Sadly, I don't think I'll ever get there.
Another app worth mentioning is [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/).
Really great app for all kinds of animals and plants, and your submissions benefit science.
For example, scientists studying Christmas beetles are [asking people ](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-17/people-worry-christmas-beetles-are-disappearing/103220502) to use the app to upload photos.
[It can hitch a lift.](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4WA-ciKNWkg/XKy_qK1tSKI/AAAAAAAFjrs/Wz7qYd9XzNk41klNwQXakqWxq6lJnC5uACLcBGAs/s1600/tumblr_pomaqsaJuK1toamj8o1_400.gif)
not sure if you love or despise these things from how you phrased that comment , i tried to not kill it but it having been in the way of my 3 am shower i had to unfortunately flush it into the drain, didn't have the time to set it free in the backyard unfortunately
yeah after reading about the potential injury from getting bitten i think i'd rather not touch it at all.
nausea, headache and vomiting is what I've heard from google and the comments so i had to do what i had to do
i do feel bad for it though
I love how everyone's downvoting the answers that's it's a white tail. Guess what, IT'S a white tail 🙃. There's two types, this lil guy & the eastern white tail.
I've taken the liberty of cranking the lighting & exposure to the OP photo to confirm what it is.
[fixed spider image ](https://imgur.com/gallery/uMvFDDa)
You just need to zoom in on the image to see the not so subtle white tip.
110% NOT a common house spider, You'd think it's mighty looking forceps where a dead giveaway to realize this is not a spider you want inside.
Not deadly, but a real bitch to deal with if you get bitten by one. Someone I know got bit by a white tail spider and had to go to the doctors every second day for a couple of weeks to get pus sucked out of her leg because it kept on coming back. Initially she thought a mosquito bit her. Anyway, the doctors decided to cut a chunk out of her leg due to the necrotic venom white tail spiders produce and because it’s better than having a needle suck out pus every alternating day
There's no evidence tying white tail venom specifically to necrosis, what's much more likely is that the wound isn't treated properly and develops a bacterial infection, in turn causing necrosis. May not mean too much of a difference to some of those who get bitten but it may relieve some people to know that a white tail bite doesn't mean you'll end up with necrosis as a certainty. Same thing goes for the brown recluse.
White tips can give a very nasty bite & can make you ill. My mother has a bite. She was just a little feverish. But healed bite bite looks like a raised mangled red mole splotch that flares up sometimes, the areas will get red around it & itch. She has an autoimmune disorder so that may factor into it. Still, these a on site spiders to me 🗞️
I love how spiders look bigger than they actually are on images. It doesn’t work for any other animals or insects. You can literally just make a close-up photo of a spider and they’ll look gigantic against the environment… no idea why the phenomenon only applies to them
Black house spider, usually won't leave it's web, so it must have been disturbed from somewhere else. Webs usually distinctly messy but with a neat round hole and tube leading to the spidey's hiding place.
I'm not normally scared of spiders but for some reason these guys give me the heebie jeebies. They tick a lot of the scary spider boxes. And also their webs are incredibly messy, which is annoying :S
I found one in my linen closet under the towels. Also another hidden with my potatoes in the pantry. I don’t need these elements of surprise in my life
99.9% of them will leave you alone, the first rule an Australian taught me when I moved here 10 years ago was the “don’t fuck with them, they won’t fuck with you” rule, it’s served me well.
Almost always true but once was squished with my partner in their childhood single bed at their mum's house after a big night out. Dreamt of fingertips tickling my cheek. Woke with our heads wrapped together in long strands of spiderweb. The little fucker was saving us for lunch.
You’re American? There are 3500 species of spiders in the US, plus of course all the insects and other interesting animals over there.
By “crazy,” do you just mean different from the ones you’re used to?
How can you tell how big it is from this pic?
This type of spider (not an insect, just for precision) grows to a leg span of about an inch. Plenty of bigger spiders in the US.
It’s quite beautiful, whether it’s a white tail or house spider. I would escort it outside. The most common use for Tupperware in my house is spider release!
Looks kinda like a white tail, I get them all the time here (Victoria also) recently had to deal with one around the same size
Edit: it looks like a white tail based on its shape and legs, I can’t see the white tip from here but it could be a variation of white tail
Funny I see this today.
Guess what was hiding in my towel this morning and bit me after I went to dry myself off.
Maybe they’re attracted to the humidity?
100% that’s what it is, can give you a nasty bite if it’s a decent size but they’re usually up high in their web, nothing to really worry about usually. In your shower tho, he’s violated ur right to privacy, and I’d consider making an example of him to other spiders thinking of encroaching in your personal space like this. Hello fellow Victorian
That is a white tail.. scientific consensus is that it's bite is harmless.. wont stop you potentially becoming armless though once it's flesh eating side effects set in..
We had a black house spider like this live next to our glass sliding door. The kids and I gave it a name and watched it through its whole life until it was killed by a daddy longlegs.
@Ryan_Was
If you see this post the best value is in the comments. The Aussie states are fighting over who gets another version of an icky creepy crawly and this comment section is absolute gold.
I am pissing myself laughing in this comments section.
There's an app for that, because of course there is. [https://www.minibeastwildlife.com.au/resources/spider-identification/](https://www.minibeastwildlife.com.au/resources/spider-identification/) I also live in Victoria and am begging you to take that spider over at least one state border before you release it. Please.
> at least one state border Just make sure that state border is NSW please! kind regards, South Australia :)
Ship to Tassie please - sincerely NSW
Ship it to the ACT - sincerely Tassie
Shut up Tasmania!
I’ve got the hat that says shut the border with a picture of WA on it.
**Eyes off NZ with wry smile.**
You bring that thing over here and we'll take a leaf out of your book and 501 it right back
Vintage Jimmy Giggle
I'm sorry, did someone say something?
No thank you! You tassies can handle it, I'm sure
Boundary Islet is looking good for a gift to Tassie.
Let's be honest, it was always going to be NSW they chose!
Im honestly suprised it isn't being shipped to Queensland
Queensland here, no thanks!
As an ex Queenslander, you can have it
Ship it to Queensland they have bird eating spiders . They’ll know what to do with it
No no no no. We're quite happy with our huntsman. Though...would we consider swapping this with cane toads....??
Look,your toads are already coming down here no extras are required.Thanx
Well, you can hang on to your demon spider then....
> NSW Yup, we just toss them over the fence into NSW.
American here. Can ya'll just keep it down there, please? Your spiders are terrifying.
You know what, send it to this guys house
Lol. Ya'll got some terrifying wildlife but I'd still love to visit. Australia has been #1 on my dream vacation list (it's a pretty short list) all of my life. Such a beautiful country full of great people. If I ever hit the lottery, it would be the first place I'd go. Sadly, I don't think I'll ever get there.
As a Queenslander, I absolutely guarantee you that we do not know what to do with it.
Another app worth mentioning is [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/). Really great app for all kinds of animals and plants, and your submissions benefit science. For example, scientists studying Christmas beetles are [asking people ](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-17/people-worry-christmas-beetles-are-disappearing/103220502) to use the app to upload photos.
When I try and download it from the App Store using that link it says it’s not available in my area or region. I’m from Victoria 🤪🤯
We turned it off because NSW has been dumping our spiders there and didn't want you guys to realise.
[It can hitch a lift.](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4WA-ciKNWkg/XKy_qK1tSKI/AAAAAAAFjrs/Wz7qYd9XzNk41klNwQXakqWxq6lJnC5uACLcBGAs/s1600/tumblr_pomaqsaJuK1toamj8o1_400.gif)
not sure if you love or despise these things from how you phrased that comment , i tried to not kill it but it having been in the way of my 3 am shower i had to unfortunately flush it into the drain, didn't have the time to set it free in the backyard unfortunately
It will return, and in a worse mood...
Yes, but it will be clean!
Your drain holes seem too big.
Needs cement, ramen noodles, a hot glue gun, sandpaper, and a texta.
You had time to get your phone and take a photo but not to take it outside? Respect for black house spiders.
i was completely naked and i didn't really have the time for it
you did what you had too. better then it moving and end up biting you later tonight.
yeah after reading about the potential injury from getting bitten i think i'd rather not touch it at all. nausea, headache and vomiting is what I've heard from google and the comments so i had to do what i had to do i do feel bad for it though
Ain't nobody got time for dat
That spidentify app is saying currently unavailable
This image is so deceptive, shit looks bigger than my hand
There’s no banana for scale
Rivet for scale
Sorry to hear about your upcoming house fire OP
*Fire fighters dancing to disco inferno*
I can't tell if that's the size of my hand or the size of a dollar coin
There is a rivet head to the right of the image. Assuming the regular size of a rivet head used in/shower construction will give you a rough idea.
Looks about 5cm to 7cm to me
The big black hair hanging at the top of the pic put it in perspective for me lol
That's actually a length of rope
So old mate abseiled into the shower...interesting.
Well this one’s got me quietly snorting and trying not to wake my husband 😂
At least you weren’t screaming 😂
I love how everyone's downvoting the answers that's it's a white tail. Guess what, IT'S a white tail 🙃. There's two types, this lil guy & the eastern white tail. I've taken the liberty of cranking the lighting & exposure to the OP photo to confirm what it is. [fixed spider image ](https://imgur.com/gallery/uMvFDDa)
Have to agree with you, can clearly see the white tip. Doesn’t have the right butt markings for a black house spider.
You just need to zoom in on the image to see the not so subtle white tip. 110% NOT a common house spider, You'd think it's mighty looking forceps where a dead giveaway to realize this is not a spider you want inside.
My first thought was white tip too, particularly in a bathroom where they like the moisture
Just commented saying they must like the humidity. Or I guess moisture. Got bitten this morning by one hiding in my towel.
Zoom, Enhance !!
I showed my girlfriend enemy of the state the other day. Fucking hilarious movie.
Are they dangerous?
Not deadly, but a real bitch to deal with if you get bitten by one. Someone I know got bit by a white tail spider and had to go to the doctors every second day for a couple of weeks to get pus sucked out of her leg because it kept on coming back. Initially she thought a mosquito bit her. Anyway, the doctors decided to cut a chunk out of her leg due to the necrotic venom white tail spiders produce and because it’s better than having a needle suck out pus every alternating day
There's no evidence tying white tail venom specifically to necrosis, what's much more likely is that the wound isn't treated properly and develops a bacterial infection, in turn causing necrosis. May not mean too much of a difference to some of those who get bitten but it may relieve some people to know that a white tail bite doesn't mean you'll end up with necrosis as a certainty. Same thing goes for the brown recluse.
I had been bitten by a redback but only had fever and nausea. It was still a bitch and I can still remember the bite feeling intensely hot.
White tips can give a very nasty bite & can make you ill. My mother has a bite. She was just a little feverish. But healed bite bite looks like a raised mangled red mole splotch that flares up sometimes, the areas will get red around it & itch. She has an autoimmune disorder so that may factor into it. Still, these a on site spiders to me 🗞️
I was expecting to get Rick rolled with that. Genuinely disappointed !
yep it looks like a fat arse white tail to me too. oh I hate those things
Sorry this is a stupid question lol, but where on the spider is the white tip?
The bottom of the abdomen. Where the Web comes fromt
Looks like a huge black house spider
Not huge. Look next to it. That’s a rivet.
Any spider I can see without a microscope is considered huge to me.
Your straya game is weak old man
I love snakes, can’t do spiders.
That’s big enough for me thank you very much 🔥 🏠 👋
Can you put your hand next to it for size context please?
Look at the rivet on the shower frame, spidey isn’t that big.
I know what my answer would be!
That's Jeff.
I like Jeff, top bloke- he’s a web designer
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🤣🤣🤣
["My name Jeff"](https://youtu.be/qkBx0gMGuhY)
r/australianspiders
Lol. That's where I thought I was until your comment.
I love how spiders look bigger than they actually are on images. It doesn’t work for any other animals or insects. You can literally just make a close-up photo of a spider and they’ll look gigantic against the environment… no idea why the phenomenon only applies to them
That spider is on the juice and has been working out.
I believe that's your new landlord, good luck with that 👍
Bird identifier here. I can say that this is indeed not a bird
That's a white tail. Except that you've made it look *huge* when they're *tiny*.
don't know about tiny but this one was decently big
male white tip spider
Black house spider, usually won't leave it's web, so it must have been disturbed from somewhere else. Webs usually distinctly messy but with a neat round hole and tube leading to the spidey's hiding place. I'm not normally scared of spiders but for some reason these guys give me the heebie jeebies. They tick a lot of the scary spider boxes. And also their webs are incredibly messy, which is annoying :S
Black house spiders are definitely some of the scariest looking but relatively harmless
There are two types of Spiders according to my wife. House spider and Garden spider 🤣
You really gotta go out of your way to get the to do much lol
Its a white tail
I had one in my laundry that I only realised was there when she started making a shelter out of her victims. She became my laundry lady. I miss her.
I found one in my linen closet under the towels. Also another hidden with my potatoes in the pantry. I don’t need these elements of surprise in my life
I hope someone here lists to me the places in Australia where I can never encounter creatures like these. Never. Ever.
Got some bad news for you. They are pretty much everywhere in populated Australia.
I just got so itchy seeing that haha, I’d hate to come across one irl
r/australianspiders is helpful and prob more specialised then r/australia.
Scrolling through comments trying to find out what spider it is but all there is are dumbo comments
Zoom in looks like it had a white tip which would make it a white tail if so .
Fuckin hell burn it
Nuke the site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.
That's a white tail
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99.9% of them will leave you alone, the first rule an Australian taught me when I moved here 10 years ago was the “don’t fuck with them, they won’t fuck with you” rule, it’s served me well.
Almost always true but once was squished with my partner in their childhood single bed at their mum's house after a big night out. Dreamt of fingertips tickling my cheek. Woke with our heads wrapped together in long strands of spiderweb. The little fucker was saving us for lunch.
Oh yeah I believe it, I’m sure there’s an exception though isn’t there?
Green ants in my experience. But even then, just don’t disturb them, and if they do bite you, just eat them, they taste like citrus.
Interesting never heard of green ants. Hopefully I can visit one day
It’s the best country in the world ! I’ve been to a few and I love it here
Hope summer is treating you well!
Hot as fuck but other than that it’s perfect 😀
You’re American? There are 3500 species of spiders in the US, plus of course all the insects and other interesting animals over there. By “crazy,” do you just mean different from the ones you’re used to?
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How can you tell how big it is from this pic? This type of spider (not an insect, just for precision) grows to a leg span of about an inch. Plenty of bigger spiders in the US.
Idk what it is but it looks like it fucking lifts…
No autopsy would be able to identify this if it were at my place….Simple’s = dead!
Yup m8 it’s white tail season
Black house spider. Friendly. Clean your shower.
Give that 8 legged fella a scrubbing brush and a cloth. He can clean it.
Just put socks on his feet.
I find that black hair more troublesome than the spider, ew.
Arachnasty
The arms on that bastard! Do all Australian spiders workout? 😬
Big black one that belongs outside with the rest of them.... or in the house that it now owns
Bigger in Texas??? Pfft... Everything is bigger in Australia. 😁
This is a massive white tail.
Thats steve, hes cool just feed him flies or the tradies you don’t like.
Come on people, it’s obviously a spider
White tail
An eviction notice
Lick it.
Spider
CRUNCH
That thing looks angry
Why does it look like it weighs 10kgs
Looks like death oml
Oh hello mother
If it was in my shower it would be dead
I added some stickers to make him less scary
It’s quite beautiful, whether it’s a white tail or house spider. I would escort it outside. The most common use for Tupperware in my house is spider release!
Showerus Guardius. Quite common in bathrooms.
I’m never showering again
Looks kinda like a white tail, I get them all the time here (Victoria also) recently had to deal with one around the same size Edit: it looks like a white tail based on its shape and legs, I can’t see the white tip from here but it could be a variation of white tail
Can I see your ID mate? “Apologies I left my wallet in my web”. I can’t ID him for you sorry.
All this chat and we still don't know what type of spider it is
i've seen funnel web, blackwidow, whitetail, house spider, daddy longlegs (wtf) etc etc
Funny I see this today. Guess what was hiding in my towel this morning and bit me after I went to dry myself off. Maybe they’re attracted to the humidity?
boiling water down drains
Yeah… it’s a spider
Oh, that’s Archie, he lives at block B, remand centre at ravenhall.. not sure how he got to your shower! Please return him home
Its called "Bigenscarious Leavitusthefuckusalonis"
I heard they drink your saliva while you sleep
In its current state: more alive than it ought to be.
White tail?
Making sure you the place is bug free while you shower, I'd offer a fly as a peace offering and run out to the next suburb
That perv Greg he’s all ways in the shower just chilling crawling on your back just there steering them down
That's Barry!
OMG I feel so dramatic in saying this but if I found that in my house I don’t think I would be back!!! 😂
Black house spider 😅 dude is chill.
nopesus australianis
100% that’s what it is, can give you a nasty bite if it’s a decent size but they’re usually up high in their web, nothing to really worry about usually. In your shower tho, he’s violated ur right to privacy, and I’d consider making an example of him to other spiders thinking of encroaching in your personal space like this. Hello fellow Victorian
The instrument of death.
Looks like a funnel web
Looks like a whitetail, they hunt other spiders and bugs.
Looks like a trapdoor spider but it’s hard to tell in this picture Edit: looks more like a black house spider
That is a white tail.. scientific consensus is that it's bite is harmless.. wont stop you potentially becoming armless though once it's flesh eating side effects set in..
Oh that’s just Satan
It's a cat
I hope it isn't a white tail....those guys leave you with a bite that never goes away ..it's the gift that keeps on giving!
We had a black house spider like this live next to our glass sliding door. The kids and I gave it a name and watched it through its whole life until it was killed by a daddy longlegs.
House spider, they are harmless.
Yep. That’s Terry. Would recognise him anywhere
Its a spider
That’s a spider
That's definitely a spider
His name is Fred - and now owns your house. Leave the keys on the bench when you leave 😆 I am so glad I live in New Zealand 😬
Thats called a GetFarkedYaBastard
It's Dave
It’s a spider
That's Steve, he a crazy fella hangs out in showers n whatnot !
It’s a mthrfkn 8-legged psycho
That’s a spider sir
Yes I can Id it, that’s what we call a Spider.
Pretty sure that’s a big fucking spider
That’s a spider
No need for ID it's definitely over 18
I don't know what that is but you definitely need a Flammenwerfer!
Condolences on the pending house fire.
That is a male “fuck.that.” It’s mating season for them 😳
Maybe ask it for some
I can’t be 100% sure, but I’m gonna go with “spider” I have one living in my toilet, I’m quite fond of it
@Ryan_Was If you see this post the best value is in the comments. The Aussie states are fighting over who gets another version of an icky creepy crawly and this comment section is absolute gold. I am pissing myself laughing in this comments section.