New South Wales Spiders > NSW Arachnids |NSW Spiders Index

New South Wales varied habitats from bush to urban is home to a number of Spiders genus/species. Belonging to the class Arachnida, more commonly known as arachnids, they share the class with other species including scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites.

Check out our selection of the listed spiders (some of which have only been listed to family or genus classification).

New South Wales Spider Index
Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi), Newcastle NSW © Michael Doe
Arachnura higginsi (Scorpion-tailed Spider)
Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus), Central Coast NSW © Michael Doe
Araneus circulissparsus (Speckled Orbweaver)
Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys), Pearl Beach NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys)
Arkys alticephala, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys)
Arkys curtulus, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys curtulus (Bird-dropping Spider)
Arkys dilatatus, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys dilatatus (Dilated Arkys)
Common Triangular Spider (Arkys lancearius), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Arkys lancearius (Common Triangular Spider)
Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)
Arkys transversus, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys transversus
Celaenia sp, Narara NSW © Michael Doe
Celaenia sp
Common Bird-dropping Spider (Celaenia excavata), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider)
Net-casting Spider (Deinopis subrufa), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Deinopis subrufa (Net-casting Spider)
Turreted Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones turrigera), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Dolophones turrigera (Turreted Wrap-around Spider)
Maratus volans, Woy Woy NSW © Michael Doe
Maratus volans (Peacock Spider)
Ordgarius magnificus (Magnificent Spider), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Ordgarius magnificus (Magnificent Spider)
Male Shaggy Servaea (Servaea villosa), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Shaggy Servaea (Servaea villosa)
Shining Long-jawed Spider (Tetragnatha nitens), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Shining Long-jawed Spider (Tetragnatha nitens)
Triangular Spiders (genus Arkys)

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