Beware of dangerous spiders such as white-tailed, funnel webs and redbacks.

A BABY boom of a potentially deadly kind is occurring across the state, with weather conditions causing a population explosion among spiders, including dangerous white-taileds, funnel-webs and redbacks. And the continuing rain has many of the burrowing breeds on the move, often into human homes.

White tailed spider Source: Wikimedia/David McClenaghan/CSIRO CC A 3.0

Experts said a record-breaking scorcher in February followed by the wettest March in half a century had offered up an insect smorgasbord for spiders to dine on..