Re: First Redback
 

We have a resident population of Redbacks - on any given day I can go round the house and find 4 or 5 hanging around.

BUT - In 10 years I dont think I've ever seen them move apart from the odd occasion when I spray them with insecticide - so they are VERY VERY VERY easy to avoid. Spiders in the UK by comparison are frighteningly fast and scurry around in a manner you just dont see in our much more relaxed southern hemisphere arachnids....

Re: First Redback
 

First one: on the back of the wheelie bin - got stuck between the bin and my shoe. :p

Second was in the garage: Mortein'd it. :p

Third fell out from under the wheel arch of a trailer, I left it to crawl away. :D

That's it in nearly 12 months.

Not managed to spot a huntsman yet:frown:

Re: First Redback
 

Had a huntsman on the flyscreen the other week, I'm sure they've been classified wrongly - their more like a crab than a spider!!

ooooooo makes my hairs stand on end just thinking about it!

Re: First Redback
 

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Ha ha, when you see one you will know! My first Huntsman was in the kitchen on the wall above the sink, stayed there all day and watched us? Finally found a largish (quite large)clear plastic bowl and a piece of cardboard and scooped him up and out he went. Moves bloody quick though!! :ohmy:

Re: First Redback
 

Plastic bowl? I have a 2lb lump hammer:eek: