There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over ...

Affectionately named ‘Big Boy’, the Sydney funnel-web spider – the deadliest in Australia – was handed in by a member of the public to be used in Australia’s only venom milking programme.

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

One of the largest funnel-web spiders ever caught is to be milked for its venom to create life-saving medicine. Nicknamed Big Boy, the deadly arachnid has a leg-span of almost four inches (ten ...

Big Boy, a Sydney funnel-web spider, measures three inches (7.5cm) in length. It is the deadliest spider in Australia and one of the most deadly in the world.

Big Boy, a Sydney funnel-web spider, measures three inches (7.5cm) in length. It is the deadliest spider in Australia and one of the most deadly in the world.

However, this male funnel web spider is even bigger. PEOPLE Magazine shares the measurements of this largest recorded funnel web spider. "The spider measures a whopping 9.2 centimeters foot-to-foot." ...

This is one of the biggest male funnel-web spiders ever found ... The male funnel-web already named “Big Boy” measures up to 7.5cm in spread with venom dripping constantly from his fangs.

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the ...