Five patients with confirmed funnel‐web spider bites (Hadronyche infensa) presented to Nambour General Hospital, in south‐east Queensland, between 1992 and 1998. Two patients required antivenom; low doses of antivenom were effective. Patients were bitten in spring and early summer. In areas such as this, where funnel‐web spider bites are reported less frequently than in New South Wales, clinicians and the community should be aware of the risks and immediate management of these bites.
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