Dr. Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of ... burrows in search of females during the mating season. "While funnel-web bites are the most severe ...

Two different spiders were found in the Kimberly region of northern Australia. They've been named Kwonkan fluctellus and Kwonkan nemoralis, and were found during 2022's "Bush Blitz" edpition.