web spider

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Professor King, who recently won the Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation for developing the world's first insecticides from spider venom, discovered Hi1a in the venom of the K'gari funnel web spider.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

One of the most promising venom-derived drugs to date comes from the deadly Fraser Island funnel web spider of Australia, which halts cell death after a heart attack.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

The starry voice cast includes Eric Bana as the zookeeper, Isla Fisher as a taipan, Tim Minchin as a koala, Guy Pearce as a funnel web spider and Keith Urban as a cane toad.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021

Watch as the male nursery web spider attempts to avoid being eaten by tying up the female's legs prior to copulation.

From National Geographic • Mar. 18, 2016

Term used, though less commonly, for a web spider.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.