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title: "Red-headed Mouse Spider"
description: "Missulena occatoria — Insectos y arañas. Missulena occatoria, known as the red-headed mouse spider, is a species of spider found in Australia, from open forest to desert shrubland."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-headed-mouse-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-headed Mouse Spider

> Missulena occatoria — Insectos y arañas. Missulena occatoria, known as the red-headed mouse spider, is a species of spider found in Australia, from open forest to desert shrubland.

- Scientific name: *Missulena occatoria*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `savanna` (Sabana), `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1045
- Wikidata: [Q2239865](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2239865)
- iNaturalist taxon: [464824](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/464824)

## Names

- en: Red-headed Mouse Spider
- nl: Roodhoofdmuisspin

## Countries with the most observations

AU (942)

## Summary

Missulena occatoria, known as the red-headed mouse spider, is a species of spider found in Australia, from open forest to desert shrubland. It is the most widely distributed Missulena species, occurring throughout mainland Australia (but mainly west of the Great Dividing Range). This is possible because the spiderlings disperse via wind (ballooning). Normally this only occurs with araneomorph spiders, mygalomorph spiders normally disperse by walking. Missulena venom may be very toxic, but few cases of serious envenomation have been recorded. Most recorded bites only caused minor effects, with Australian funnel-web…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missulena_occatoria

## Photo

![Red-headed Mouse Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-headed-mouse-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/464824

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-headed-mouse-spider?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).