Lace-web spider

Dwellings, outbuildings, garden walls, and under bark or stones

Small insects and other invertebrates caught in their sticky, wool-like silk webs

Nocturnal hunters that build funnel-like retreats; females are known for 'matriphagy' where offspring consume the mother to gain nutrients

Benefits the ecosystem by controlling pest populations; their bite can be painful but is not considered medically significant to humans