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Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/sydney-brown-trapdoor-spider/Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider, Arbanitis villosus
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Wolf Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/wolf-spiders/Wolf Spiders are found throughout Australia. They are robust, agile hunters that live on the ground in leaf litter or burrows. They are often found in lawns and gardens.
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Golden Orb Weaving Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/golden-orb-weaving-spiders/The Golden Orb Weaving Spiders build large, strong orb webs with a golden sheen.
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Australian Funnel-web Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/Funnel-web spiders, the most notorious members of our spider fauna, are found in eastern Australia.
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Learn how to classify spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/spider-classification/What's the difference between a burrower, weaver and hunter? Sort pictures of spiders into these three groups and investigate the differences between spider species.
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Leaf litter dichotomous key
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/invertebrate-dichotomous-key/Go exploring through your local leaf litter and use this dichotomous key to identify invertebrates you find!
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Silk: the spider's success story
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/silk-the-spiders-success-story/Spiders use silk for many purposes - to protect their young, catch food, make homes and move around.
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Newcastle Funnel-web Spider, Atrax christenseni
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/newcastle-funnel-web-spider-atrax-christenseni/Newcastle Funnel-webs are shiny, dark brown to black spiders with finger-like spinnerets (silk-spinning organs) at the end of their abdomen.
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Spider crossword
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/spider-crossword/Learn the scientific names related to spiders, their classification and their adaptations.
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Net-casting Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/net-casting-spiders/Net-casting Spiders have a unique way of catching their prey. They make a small web in the form of a net held by the front legs that can be stretched out wide to envelop an unwary insect passing by.
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