Few bites are recorded and on this limited evidence, it appears bites are minor. People walking into the web and crushing the spider against their body may be bitten, resulting in mild local pain and a small red lump, lasting about 24 hours. These spiders may also hide in clothing left outside overnight, on washing lines. Again, a number of species of robust, ground dwelling, burrowing spiders, with very large fangs. They are often dug up in gardens.
Bites appear to cause surprisingly mild pain, given the spider's size, and no systemic problems.
Mouse spiders Ground dwelling spiders with large fangs, and venom which is reported to be more toxic than that of the funnel web spider - in mice. Apart from a single case from Queensland, all reported bites by these spiders have been minor. The Queensland case had some similarity to envenoming by a funnel web spider. Centipedes These have fangs and venom glands at the head end and bites may cause severe local pain. Infection sometimes occurs.