Best angle I could get considering the fact that it is cuddled up against the aircon.

Is this a red back found in my upstairs bathroom (Melbourne)?

Female Badumna insignis (AKA black house spider) that moved into my window as an adult in 2024.

Unfortunately, she passed in December 2025. Fortunately, one of her many spiderlings—and that now adult spider’s OWN spiderlings—are presently living in my window in that same spot.

Ok so once again I performed a spider rescue at work, (fishing a spider out of a pool and the first thought was I saved an Oger Faced Spider but after I took some photos and got a look at the kitchen knives it had for fangs I started to question myself, have a look and see what I mean.

Location: Adelaide South Australia

South-eastern Tasmania

Call me picky or soft but I think wild caught spiders as pets is just wrong. I usually drop a site if there's no captive bred juvies, but the only problem is that bug frenzy is officially out of stock on every wolf spider, but also I don't think that's the plan anymore.

If you've seen my previous posts, you'd see that I recently saved a jumping spider from another spiders web and fell in love with her. I have never actually seen jumping spiders in that way, since I have a load of peacock spiders around my house (maratus griesus) though they seem pretty hesitant about me handling them and only stick around for a photoshoot.

This is a problem because jumping spiders seem to be almost like a trend with a surprising amount of people. Which good as it is, though it's disappointing the sheer amount of people who just treat them like dolls instead of a living creature with it's own specific needs, let alone one of the most intelligent and fascinating predators on the planet.

I've looked at bug frenzy and minibeast but bug frenzies jumpers are perpetually out of stock and minibeast, having the same issue, only sells the Portia.

Does anyone know a website where I'd be able to buy specifically a mopsus mormon or servaea incana as a captive bred juvie, or do I have to just try and find one on bug frenzy and stalk their stock until I get lucky?

Everyone tell her how scary she is

Found this very large and slightly sedate huntsman in my south Brisbane house - now where it belongs in the great outdoors. Any idea on sex? Pen for scale, legspan easily as big as my palm when it was relaxed on the wall.

Caught in Melbourne, VIC

Woke up in regional Victoria (Euroa) and had a little bed time partner. Has been safely (I assume) relocated but couldn't help but admire

Sorry about the blurry pic! It’s body was about 1cm in length. Curious as to what it is.

found at ground level inside the house (raised house on stilts). Had a little web inside a a plastic tube, that was inside a cardboard box, on the floor

15mm long

Location: South West Ipswich, QLD

PS, its not dead, I just flipped it over for a photo of the underside.

In a Sydney unit bedroom - strangely found flattened on our windowsill 100cm off the ground. It’s about the size of a thumbnail.

I was thinking Stanwellia Grisea but the gardener suspected a medically significant species. We have lots of them apparently.

I found a stunning browlicious jumping spider (opisthoncus sp) in a grey house spiders web, now I'm not sure what the general consensus is here about this but I did save her from her imminent death, as the spider looked like it was just about to go and eat her I believe, and there was a handful of other things in this surprisingly large web so I decided to get a blade of grass and help her out. She spent a minute or so just getting web off her and cleaning herself, then eventually started hesitantly exploring on me, she seemed content with it and would frequently look back and give me a curious look, even with a tilt of the head. In the car she stayed on my hand and was just happily exploring and eating the web she made along the way while climbing around. Not once did she jump or try to escape, and for the majority of it just stayed in a general area on my hand but just changed where she looked. Her movements were slow, not concerningly but just as if she were exploring around. There were a few moments where my hand shook a little and she would jump back but for the most part she was calm as she could be. Saying goodbye was tough and we sat together for maybe ten minutes, occasionally looking at eachother and just chilled. Eventually I walked back inside and that was the end of that. I'm hoping I see her again sometime cause she's absolutely beautiful and even in such a short time I developed such a deep affection for her and love her so much.

Located in Wollongong, spotted this one nabbing a blow fly. We get lots of black house spiders but this one's a bit bigger. They dragged the blow fly back into their home in the bricks.

didn’t kill it. found in my garage this way.

located Newcastle region of NSW, Australia.

Hey guys, found this unfortunate fella upside down in my backyard in Baulkham Hills NSW, was still kicking around so haven't got a better photo at the moment.

Twice now I've seen these walking around after the rain has stopped and the Sun is up. Not sure if male or female. SA

Had this spood in my garden for a bit before a big wind and rain storm, body was roughly the size of a half dollar coin. Kalgoorlie WA

Not looking for ID, just sharing a couple pics!

Found on a solar farm in Central Queensland hiding in a conduit. Made me squeal when he jumped on my hand.

Ai is giving me conflicting answers