This site is a working draft for "A field Guide to the Spiders of Australia" by Robert Whyte and Dr Greg Anderson for CSIRO Publishing due to be published in 2014-15. As images and sightings get added, we'll tell you here. Please let us know if you spot any errors.

Opisthoncus sp., a common Australian jumping spider

Checklist of Australian Spiders, 2012
by Volker W. Framenau, Australian Arachnological Society 

Oncodamus decipiens
The two very similar known species of Oncodamus occur in the closed forests of eastern Australia. 

Araneid sp. Mt Glorious 'astroboy'
A small Araneid male, so far not matched up with a female, from Mount Glorious subtropical rainforest. 

Peucetia sp.
This green lynx spider hunts on green vegetation where it is camouflaged, allowing it to pounce on prey like other lynx spiders. 

Nicodamus spp.
In 1995 Mark Harvey revised the Australian Nicodamids in a major work, finding two very similar known species of Nicodamus, 

Larinia phthisica
A slender orb weaver widespread throughout Australia. 

Calamoneta sp.
A slender spider with forward pointing chelicerae, or jaws. 

Poltys milledgei
Poltys milledgei is part of a Poltys columnaris group. 

Neosparrasus calligaster
A large spider whose range is concentrated in inland NSW and Victoria. 

Ohilimia scutellata
The North Queensland Ohilimia is a mostly black, attentuated ant-like spider with brilliant red front legs. 

Isopedella victorialis
A grey, medium-sized to large huntsman in Victoria.