Funnel webs on the march across Sydney

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Hospitals are in desperate need of live funnel webs so they can make the anti-venom, spider expert Stacey Denovan shows the safest way to catch them.

It was a damp day last April, and Steve O'Neill described himself as "on a mission" to clean the gutters around his Balgowlah home.

"I had my hand reached up high, cleaning the leaves and I didn't have gloves on. I felt something bite one of fingers on my right hand," he said.

Immediately, Mr O'Neill pulled his hand from the gutter, and saw what looked like a spider fall to the ground. Alarmed and in immense pain, he ran inside and called his wife Natasha, who phoned triple-0.

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Funnel webs on the march across Sydney