They're in the family Hexathelidae aren't they?Originally posted by Valael
Steve will hook us up, won't you?!
:? cause they feed on mice maybe???Originally posted by Vys
Äck, I really think they're ugly, with such large chelicerae
And why on earth are they called mouse spiders?
Yes they have really massive chelicereera and fangs. But we have a species of mygalomorphs here in Sweden! "Atypus affinis". Check out the fangs of those! /JohanYeah, the female Missulena occatoria has some of the largest chelicerae relative to body size of any spider.
Alex S.
How big does M. tussulena get?hey, Missulena sp. belong to Actinopodidae and not all species of this genus are native to Australia...
Missulena tussulena comes from Chile