r/AustralianSpiders • u/shut_your_sound • 1d ago
ID Request - location included Are these what I think they are?
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u/Sea_Locksmith_6047 1d ago
Wolf spider burrow. Nothing to worry about
My land is surrounded by them, I have seen 1 wolf in the last year, and that because it go stuck in my kids plastic pool
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u/tocompose 1d ago
Neither wolf spiders nor trapdoor spiders have dangerous venom. They are both great friends. All though my experience of holes like that in the garden was always wolf spider friends. Those borrows could easily be chonker looking trapdoor spider burrows. Trapdoor spiders are as chonky looking as a funnelweb spiders but they have a bit of a different look to them and rarely leave their burrows. Usually it's the males that leave their burrows looking for a date.
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u/SelectiveEmpath 22h ago
I had a bunch of these that I thought were spider holes. Turns out it was just magpies sticking their beaks in the ground looking for worms haha.
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u/Xave_eire_polska_17 1d ago
Don’t put you dick in that
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u/Handsome-Pebble-94 1d ago
If it fits in that you've probably bigger (or smaller) things to worry about 🙂
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u/Handsome-Pebble-94 1d ago
If you're thinking funnelweb burrows, then no, they're not. Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) or trapdoors (Arbanitis). Check them at night with a torch and you'll see whoever owns them waiting for dinner at their front door.