and the wandering male trapdoors have little 'boxing glove' shaped ends to their palps (the little leg like structures either side of the mouth. The photo in the tree, however, looks a little unusual. Is it possible to take a more detailed close-up of these tree entrances and send it again? There is a tree dwelling close relative of the funnelwebs but your photo looks a little different to the typical form of the burrow entrance. @Glen86: the lack of extra webbing/silk triplines at the hole entrance suggests that this burrowing spider is not a Funnel-web species, but without seeing the spider it would be hard to hazard a guess - most likely some kind of Trapdoor (not all species make the 'trapdoor'). Even if it was a Funnel-web, I would suggest leaving it alone - spiders really don't bother us unless we bother them! If someone was to garden in this location, sturdy gloves, covered shoes and a spade would be the best idea in any case. @vikrmac: the spider does look like a species of huntsman, which come in a range of sizes  - there are several species with striped legs, plus one with a marking on the underside of the abdomen (the Badge or Shield Huntsman). We hope to put more images up soon on our Huntsman Spiders page , but there is some information there already about different species. Hi, I was wondering if you could assist me. I recently spotted a spider crawling across the