An Australian Funnel-web Spider, Hadronyche venenata (IMAGE)

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An Australian Funnel-web Spider, Hadronyche venenata

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This highly venomous spider (Hadronyche venenata) belongs to a group commonly known as Australian funnel-web spiders. The new study shows it's closely related to another group of highly venomous spiders known as mouse spiders.

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Marshal Hedin

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