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Araneidae Orb-web weaving spiders

Arachnura higgins	Arachnura higgins	Arachnura higgins

Araneus cyphoxis	Araneus cyphoxis	Araneus heroine	Araneus ZZ364

Araneus ZZ430	Araneus ZZ431	Araneidae ZZ313

Astracantha minax	Astracantha minax	Astracantha vittata	Astracantha ZZ372

Arcys ZZ069	Arcys ZZ293	Arcys ZZ452	Argiope keyserlingi

Argiope extensa	Argiope keyserlingi	Argiope keyserlingi	Argiope ZZ189

Argiope protensa	Argiope syrmatica	Argiope syrmatica	Argiope trifasciata

Argiope trifasciata	Argiope ZZ307	Argiope_ZZ321	Argiope_ZZ371

Argiope ZZ213	Argiope keyserlingi male	Argiope ocyaloides	Argiope keyserlingi

Argiope keyserlingi	Argiope syrmatica	Argiope ZZ020	Argiope ZZ077

Cyclosa ZZ084	Cyclosa ZZ085	Cyclosa ZZ086	Cyclosa tribolata

Dolophones ZZ366	Dolophones ZZ423	Dolophones ZZ363	Celaenia excavata

Eriophora transmarina	Eriophora transmarina	Eriophora transmarina	Eriophora transmarina

Erioph. circulissparsus	Eriophora ZZ368	Eriophora transmarina?	Backobourkia ZZ449

Eriophora ZZ114	Eriophora ZZ267	Eriophora ZZ137	Eriophora ZZ196

Eriophora ZZ068	Eriophora ZZ076	Eriophora ZZ087	Eriophora ZZ088

Eriophora ZZ088	Eriophora ZZ089	Eriophora ZZ097	Eriophora ZZ091

Eriophora ZZ094	Eriophora ZZ095	Eriophora ZZ096	Eriophora ZZ090

Eriophora ZZ098	Eriophora ZZ099	Eriophora ZZ100	Eriophora ZZ137

Eriophora ZZ328	Eriophora ZZ367	Eriophora ZZ135 male	Eriophora ZZ135 female

Eriophora ZZ443

Leucage dromedaria	Leucage dromedaria	Larinia phthisica	Larinia ZZ268

Phonognatha graeffei	Phonognatha graeffei	Phonognatha graeffei
Cyrtophora Tent-web spiders

Cyrtophora mollucensis	Cyrtophora mollucensis	Cyrtophora mollucensis	Cyrtoph. exanthematica

Cyrtophora ZZ314	Cyrtophora ZZ075		Cyrtoph. exanthematica
Clubionidae, Gnaphosidae, Corinnidae Sac spiders

Clubiona ZZ143	Clubiona ZZ340	Gnaphosa ZZ146

Sunpunna picta	Supunna albopunctum	Supunna ZZ347
Deinopidae Ogre-faced spiders

Deinopsis subrufa	Deinopsis subrufa
Desidae Long-jawed intertidal spiders or lace-web spiders

Bandumna ZZ290	Bandumna insignis	Badumna longinqua	Badumna longinqua

Badumna ZZ348	Phryganoporus nigrinus	Phryganoporus canididus	Phryganoporus canididus

Desis ZZ301
Dysderidae Long-fanged six-eyed spiders or cell spiders

Dysdera crocota female		Dysdera crocota male
Heteropodidae Huntsman

Delena cancarides	Isopedella flavida	Heteropoda jugulans	Pediana regina

Neosparassus ZZ154	Neosparassus salacius	Neosparassus ZZ278	Neosparassus ZZ280

Huntsman ZZ147	Huntsman ZZ281	Holconia immanis	Isopeda vasta
Lamponidae White-tailed spiders

Lampona cylindrata
Lycosidae Wolf spiders

Lycosa ZZ130	Lycosa furcillata	Lycosa musgravei	Lycosa pictiventris

Lycosa ZZ142	Lycosa ZZ142	Lycosa ZZ160	Arctosa ZZ41

Lycosa ZZ159	Lycosa/Dolomedes ZZ161	Lycosa ZZ162	Lycosa ZZ162
Mygalomorphae Primitive spiders

Atrax robustus Sydney funnel web	Aname? ZZ338	Stanwellia ? ZZ339	Hadronyche versuta Blue mountains funnel web

Misgolas rapax Sydney brown trap door	Missulena occatoria Mouse spider	Missulena occatoria Mouse spider	Selenocosmia crassipes

Idiosoma nigrum	Aname ZZ421
Miturgidae Prowling

Miturga lineata	Miturga ZZ013	Miturga_ZZ344

	Miturga_ZZ345	Miturga_ZZ346
Nephila Golden orb weavers, Family Araneidae

Nephila edulis	Nephila edulis	Nephila maculata

Nephila pilipes	Nephila pilipes	Nephila ZZ079
Nicodamidae Red and black spider

Nicodamus peregrinus bicolor
Oxyopidae Lynx spiders

Oxyopes ZZ102	Oxyopes ZZ103	Oxyopes ZZ104	Oxyopes ZZ102

Oxyopes ZZ106	Oxyopes ZZ107	Oxyopes elegans	Oxyopes quadrifasciatus

Oxyopes ZZ153	Oxyopes ZZ155
Pholcidae Daddy-longlegs, vibrating or cellar spiders

Smeringopus pallidus	Pholcus phalangoides	Crossopriza lyoni	Pholcus ZZ195

Pholcus ZZ196	Trichocylus nigropunctatus
Pisauridae Nursery web

Dendrolycosa icadius
Salticidae Jumping Spiders

Arasia ZZ055	Arasia ZZ056	Bathippus ZZ272

Cosmophasis micarioides	Cosmophasis ZZ032	Cosmophasis ZZ049	Cosmophasis ZZ058

Cosmophasis ZZ059	Cytaea ZZ031	Cytaea ZZ036	Cytaea ZZ054

Euryattus ZZ029	Euryattus ZZ030	Holoplatys ZZ026	Holoplatys ZZ065

Holoplatys ZZ125	Holoplatys ZZ138	Holoplatys ZZ041	Helpis minitabunda

Maratus volans female and male			Maratus pavonis

Myrmarachne striatipes	Myrmarachne ZZ274	Mopsus penicillatus	Mopsus penicillatus

Opisthoncus polyphemus	Opisthoncus ZZ057	Opisthoncus ZZ050	Opisthoncus mordax

Sandalodes bipenicillatus	Sandalodes or Orisiona-ZZ275		ZZ384

Zenodores orbiculata	Zenodores ZZ044	Zenodores ZZ048	ZZ385

Zenodores ZZ052	Zenodores ZZ063	ZZ027	ZZ033

ZZ038	ZZ039	ZZ040	Plexippus petersi

ZZ038	ZZ046	ZZ047	ZZ051

ZZ053	ZZ057	ZZ061	ZZ124

ZZ136	ZZ140	ZZ156	ZZ186

ZZ188	ZZ276	ZZ277	ZZ255
Scytodidae Spitting spider

Scytodes thoracica
Tetragnathidae Stretch spiders or long-jawed orb weavers

Tetragnatha ZZ071	Tetragnatha ZZ189	Tetragnatha ZZ200	Tetragnatha ZZ202

Tetragnatha ZZ205	Tetragnatha ZZ208	Tetragnatha ZZ210
Theridiidae Scaffold web or cobweb weavers

Latrodectus hasselti	Achaeranea? ZZ012	Achaeranea ZZ011	Argyrodes antipodianus

Latrodectus hasselti	Latrodectus hasselti	Latrodectus hasselti male	Ariamnes colubrinus

Steatoda ZZ072	Steatoda ZZ212	Theridion ZZ178	Theridion ZZ179
Thomisidae Crab spiders

Thomisus spectabilis	Tmarus species	Diaea ZZ152	Diaea ZZ151

Diaea evanida	Diaea ZZ446	Diaea ZZ400	Diaea ZZ402 male

Sidymella ZZ144	Sidymella trapezia	ZZ149	ZZ150

Tharpyna campestrata
Trochanteriidae Scorpion or flat spiders

Hemicloea sp.	Hemicloea ZZ327	Hemicloea ZZ327
Uloboridae Uloborid spiders

Uloborus congregabilis	Uloborus plumipes
Zodariidae Burrow-making spiders, ant-hunting spiders

Storena maculata?	Storena ZZ286	Sunpunna picta