Main Menu Home About BioCity Urban Animals & Plants PUBLICATIONS Research Postgraduate Courses Search Links Archived News Awards for BioCity Become a Sponsor How Popular is BioCity? That's My Opinion Radio Archives Contact Us Adelaide: Nature of a City - - - - - - - BioCity Awards spider What is a Spider? Where do spiders live? Conserving Spider's habitats Spider predators Dangerous spiders Spider bites in Australia Necrotising arachnidism Arachnophobia Biggest spiders Spiders in Australia Red Back Spider Trap Door Spider White-Tailed Spider Funnel Web Spider Huntsman Mouse Spider Black House Spider Wolf Spiders Golden Orb Weaver General Links Venom links Spider experts Spiders References Mouse Spider Mouse Spider Missulena Occatoria The Mouse spider is a member of the Trapdoor family. There are two types of Mouse spider - the Red Headed Mouse spider and the Eastern Mouse spider. At full size, the spiders are about the size of a 50c piece or 1 to 3 centimetres. They have short stocky legs with tiny eyes spread across the head. Biting causes severe illness, especially to young children - similar to Red-Back spider bites. Although normally not aggressive, the male Mouse spider will bite if provoked, and is very dangerous to humans. It has large hard fangs which can cause a deep painful bite. REF14

 

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