Heavy rains in Australia led to the invasion of poisonous spiders (8 photos + 1 video)

There is never a dull moment in Australia! Due to heavy rain the most dangerous and deadly spiders began to leave their homes in looking for safer hiding places. Such shelters seem to them, for example, edges and sides of the pools, so that they moved in a friendly crowd to the side human habitation.





Some of these spiders, such as the Sydney funnel-web spider, can kill an adult in less than 90 minutes, and a child in just in 15 minutes.



There is a great danger of stumbling upon them in the water (for example, they washed away or they accidentally fell into the water from the side of the pool). The thing is, that funnel-web spiders (of the Araneida family) can spend more than days and survive.



Sydney funnel spider

The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is one of the most deadly species of spiders, and the poison in males is stronger. Well what with 1980s, there is an antidote, but if after a bite urgently not take action, the consequences will be dire.

Heavy rains and thunderstorms have been raging in New South Wales since 23 March, and the meetings of a man with dangerous spiders were not long in coming.

Dan Smith from the southern suburbs of Sydney discovered the funnel spider in your pool. In the same place where I found it a couple of days earlier hatch spider (okay, at least the hatch spider is harmless). Dan posted photos on social networks - I must admit, they look impressive!



As soon as I saw him - a good 7-8 centimeters long — woke up right away. He tried to get out of the pool. Honestly as I spoke, I thought it was also a hatch spider, and scooped it up with a jar.



And then, from the photo, the experts determined that it was worse and I could not bring a more dangerous guest into the house. Not only is it a funnel spider, so also a mature male.



Vassilios Basil Haddad from Sydney also found in his empty pool of a "very nasty" male funnel-web spider and published video with him in social networks.

And Linda Smith, who lives on the north coast of New South Wales, found four oriental mouse spiders in her pool Missulena bradleyi.



Eastern mouse spider

This species is similar in appearance to funnel spiders and their poison is just as strong, so it is also better not to mess with them.



Funnel spiders and mouse spiders can survive underwater, capturing air bubbles by hairs on the underside of the body. Therefore, they it takes much longer to drown. Sometimes looks dead the spider can suddenly twitch, wake up and bite even in the water! So they should be caught with a net and in no case be touched.