‘Vast majority’ of spiders fleeing floodwaters will not be funnel webs

Spider expert Dr Lizzie Lowe told Sky News there are all sorts of native spiders fleeing the floodwaters but the “vast majority” of them will not be funnel webs. “Funnel webs are actually very territorial spiders and they will not live close to other funnel webs so you’re never going to get lots of them coming out at the same time,” she said. “The important thing to realise is the vast majority of these spiders aren’t actually going to do you any harm at all”. Ms Lowe advised putting barriers under doors and closing windows to keep spiders outside but said they would “disperse completely on their own after a couple of days”. “They’ll definitely be wanting to go right back to where they came from,” she said. “They don’t want to be around us any more than we want to be around them, so you’ll go back to not noticing any spiders again in no time”. Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au