Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
Funnel Web Spider Collected For Milking Program
By Jeremy Piper Photography
31 October, 2017
November is the start of funnel-web season and a peninsula vet is asking people to bring in the arachnids to be milked for antivenene.
Mona Vale Veterinary Hospital takes funnel-webs found on the beaches and passes them on to the Australian Reptile Park where their venom is collected.
Australian Reptile Park’s Kane Christensen drives from the Central Coast to Manly every week to collect the spiders.
The males are particularly toxic and while they do not often leave their burrows, Mr Christensen said the nocturnal spiders would venture out at this time of year to find a mate or seek moisture.
He said they often lurked in swimming pools and skimmer boxes among the leaves, as well as in shoes left outside front and back doors.
“Most front and back doors have lights outside and if you leave your shoes underneath, you are effectively making a nice burrow for them — so always shake your boots,” he said. 


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