Mouse spider
is officially known as the miscellaneous
mouse spiders are a type of spider found in Australia
in chile, they’re called mouse spiders because of
a debunked myth that said that they dug mouse-like
burrows mouse spiders are medium-sized arachnids
that range from about one centimeter to three
centimeter long their beady eyes are spread across
the front of their head and they’re species of spider
that exhibit sexual dimorphism which is a condition
where males and females of the same species
differ in appearance female mouse spiders are
solid black while male spiders have different
colorations such as glossy red carapaces wild
mouse spiders typically hunt insects as well as
other small animals like rodents you might want
to keep your distance as a bite from a mouse spider
would not be a fun experience a mouse spider bite
has been described as similar to the Australian
funnel whip which is one of the world’s most venomous
spiders fortunately mouse spiders often give dry
bites rather than envenoming humans researchers
have also found the venom to be very similar to
that of an Australian funnel-web and Australian
funnel web anti-venoms have been reported as
effective against mouse spider bites