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Nudist's Spider-Killing Stunt Backfires

Australia - A naked man suffered burns to one-fifth of his body when he tried to set fire to a spider at a nudist resort in the NSW southern highlands.

The 56-year-old Sydney man tried to kill what he thought was a funnel web spider by pouring petrol down the spider's burrow and igniting it with a match.

But the fuel exploded and the man was left with burns to 18 per cent of his body, on the upper leg and buttocks.

The incident happened shortly before 1.30pm (AEDT) today at the resort, at the junction of the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee rivers, west of Bowral.

Resort staff treated the man before paramedics arrived to stabilise him.

The man was flown by helicopter to Sydney's Concord Hospital, where he was in a stable condition on arrival shortly before 4pm (AEST).

Resort guests told emergency crews it was probably a harmless trapdoor spider and not a deadly funnel web.

The man's lack of clothing probably contributed to the extent of his burns.