Australian funnel-web spider enthusiast discovers a new species

Speciation and subspeciation must have an amazing filip every time DNA analysis improves. I'm sure there is more to it than that, but it's got to help.

Oddity about funnelwebs: (this was in the news this week, I'm not a spider expert and welcome correction) female live longer than male (predation aside. I mean in captivity) but male venom is more potent and better for milking to make antivenene.

(6 days ago) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-08/sydney-funnel-web-spi...