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The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is an Australian funnel-web spider usually found within a 62 mile radius of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sydney funnel-webs are medium to large in size, with body length ranging from 0.39 to 2.0 inches. They are glossy and darkly colored, ranging from blue-black, to black, to brown or dark-plum colored. The carapace covering the cephalothorax is almost hairless and appears smooth and glossy. Another characteristic is finger-like spinnerets at the end of their abdomen. The shorter-lived males are smaller than females but longer legged. The Sydney funnel-web spider shares its name with some members of the genus Hadronyche. However, it remains, together with the northern tree funnel-web, the only Australian funnel-web spider known to have inflicted fatal bites to humans.