Health Check: what should you do if you're bitten by a spider?

Updated May 24 2018 - 8:44pm, first published November 2 2015 - 12:00am
All these spiders are potentially dangerous, but only two are funnel-web spiders. Clockwise from top left: male Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus); male mouse spider (Missulena bradleyi); female mouse spider (Missulena spp), and female Blue Mountains funnel-web spider (Hadronyche versuta). Photos from the Australian Museum.
All these spiders are potentially dangerous, but only two are funnel-web spiders. Clockwise from top left: male Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus); male mouse spider (Missulena bradleyi); female mouse spider (Missulena spp), and female Blue Mountains funnel-web spider (Hadronyche versuta). Photos from the Australian Museum.

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