Spiders are classified into groups called Families with other closely related spiders.
Click on the various families to see some of the Australian species represented within them.
Australian Funnel-webs – Atracidae
Brush-footed Trapdoors – Barychelidae
Net-casting Spiders – Deinopidae
Slater-eating Spiders – Dysderidae
Curtain-web Spiders – Euagridae
Slender Sac Spiders – Eutichuridae
Two-tailed Spiders – Hersiliidae
Slender Funnel-webs – Hexathelidae
[PAGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
White-tailed Spiders – Lamponidae
Wolf Spiders – Lycosidae
Pirate Spiders – Mimetidae
Prowling Spiders – Miturgidae
Red-and-black Spiders – Nicodamidae
Lynx Spiders – Oxyopidae
Daddy Long-legs Spiders – Pholcidae
Water Spiders – Pisauridae
Jumping Spiders – Salticidae
Spitting Spiders – Scytodidae
Tube Spiders – Segestriidae
Flat Spiders – Selenopidae
Huntsman Spiders – Sparassidae
Platform Spiders – Stiphidiidae
Long-jawed Spiders – Tetragnathidae
Australian Tarantulas – Theraphosidae
Comb-footed Spiders – Theridiidae
Crab Spiders – Thomisidae
Reclusive Flat Spiders – Trochanteriidae
Venomless Spiders – Uloboridae
Ant Spiders – Zodariidae