A Big Boy with a punchy venom Atrax christenseni owes its name to Kane Christensen, a Central Coast spider enthusiast who first brought the Newcastle specimens to researchers’ attention.

The Newcastle funnel-web, which is found only near the city of Newcastle to Sydney's north, has been nicknamed "Big Boy" by spider enthusiasts.

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the deadliest arachnids in the world. The Sydney funnel-back spider ...

Nicknamed 'Big Boy', the male spider measures 7.5 centimetres in length and was found in Newcastle last week. It is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever handed in to the Australian Reptile Park ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname of "Big Boy." Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up to nearly 2 inches.

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Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. Atrax christenseni – or ‘Big Boy’ – is found only in Newcastle and splits the funnel-web variant ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. Atrax christenseni – or ‘Big Boy’ – is found only in Newcastle and splits the funnel-web variant ...

New species of funnel-web spider found in Newcastle has been dubbed ‘Big Boy’ Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders Skip to main content ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. Atrax christenseni – or ‘Big Boy’ – is found only in Newcastle and splits the funnel-web variant ...