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Missulena bradleyi

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found in Australian funnel-web spider venom, and Australian funnel-web spider antivenom has been found to be effective in treating severe mouse spider bites. Compared to the Australian funnel-web spider, however, the eastern mouse spider is far less aggressive towards humans, and may often give "dry"
227:(1845–1918), president of the board of trustees of the Australian Museum at the time. Describing the "beautiful and strikingly marked" specimen as a "decided novelty", Rainbow named it in honour of its collector, whom he stated was the first collector of Australian spiders. 304:), headache, and nausea generally. Although it appears to be the most dangerous member of the genus, serious envenomations by this species are relatively rare. Most bites documented in the medical literature did not require use of antivenom nor involve serious symptoms. 250:. The females are large and very strong, with powerful chelicerae. Their fangs often cross over slightly, while those of Australian funnel-web spiders remain parallel, and the latter often have a drop of venom on their fang tips and have longer 273:
and a pale bluish area on top of the abdomen, roams around in autumn and early winter looking for a mate. They sometimes fall into swimming pools when wandering. Cases of envenomations have peaked during this period.
261:-shaped lighter patch that can be coloured from white and pale blue to mauve while females have abdomens that are coloured brown to almost black. Both sexes have a carapace that is a shiny black colour. 574: 782: 877: 808: 280: 604: 491:"Neurotoxic activity of venom from the Australian Eastern mouse spider (Missulena bradleyi) involves modulation of sodium channel gating" 277:
The burrow can be found by brushing away loose soil in an area where they live until a flap of silk indicative of the entrance is found.
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Common symptoms of eastern mouse spider bites are numbness and tingling at the bite site, sweating (
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Rash, Lachlan D.; Birinyi‐Strachan, Liesl C.; Nicholson, Graham M.; Hodgson, Wayne C. (2000).
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described the eastern mouse spider in 1914 from a specimen collected in North Sydney by
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Severe envenomation occurred in only one case, a 19-month old child, who developed
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Species of spider from Australia known as the eastern mouse spider
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Missulena bradleyi Rainbow, 1914 Bradley's Mouse Spider
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Female specimen in a model burrow on display in the
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chelicerata
Arachnida
Araneae
Mygalomorphae
Actinopodidae
Missulena
Binomial name
Rainbow
Actinopodidae
endemic
William Joseph Rainbow
Henry Houghton Burton Bradley

Australian Museum
Australian funnel-web spiders
spinnerets
trapezium
carapace

The Gap
Brisbane
diaphoresis
high blood pressure
muscle spasms

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