Is this a redback spider?
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Found two of these in our house today - they look like redbacks but all the photos I've found of redbacks on the internet, they don't have stripey legs like this one does.
Can anyone advise? Thanks Buzzy |
Re: Is this a redback spider?
The red "splodge" (that's a technical term ;)) would say to me that it's a red back - maybe the pale bits on the legs are because it's juvenile, or a female or something?
(Squash it anyway to be on the safe side! :cool:) |
Re: Is this a redback spider?
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
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Found two of these in our house today - they look like redbacks but all the photos I've found of redbacks on the internet, they don't have stripey legs like this one does.
Can anyone advise? Thanks Buzzy |
Re: Is this a redback spider?
It's a redback alright. Kill it! Unless of course you just want to take it outside somewhere and throw it in a bush. Personally I don't like to handle them :blink:
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Re: Is this a redback spider?
BTW, it's definitely female. The males are tiny little things and not even black.
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Re: Is this a redback spider?
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
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BTW, it's definitely female. The males are tiny little things and not even black.
males dont usually have the red mark. |
Re: Is this a redback spider?
Males are usually very small - about a third of the size of females. They are also usually white and brown. Apparently their little jaws aren't man enough to bite us properly but I'm not going to test that theory out! We've had a few around the garden but they've never been a problem. Well........ they're all dead now.
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:unsure: and just when i'd forgotten about all those bloody spiders....
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Re: Is this a redback spider?
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
(Post 5802459)
Found two of these in our house today - they look like redbacks but all the photos I've found of redbacks on the internet, they don't have stripey legs like this one does.
Can anyone advise? Thanks Buzzy |
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The last one I saw had the red stripes on the legs as well.....
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Re: Is this a redback spider?
As if I am not scared enough about my up coming move!! Good luck - and my opinion is the only good redback is a squashed redback.
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Re: Is this a redback spider?
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
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The last one I saw had the red stripes on the legs as well.....
Thanks Buzzy |
Re: Is this a redback spider?
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
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Thanks for your help guys! I have dispatched both spiders. I suppose we should get a firm round to do a spray perhaps? Can anyone recommend one in Bayside Melbourne?
Thanks Buzzy Hi Simon Get one of those insect bombs, set it off shut the door and walk out, hey presto everthing is dead when you come back an hour or so later:thumbsup: I suppose it is the insect version of being nuked:D John |
Re: Is this a redback spider?
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
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Thanks for your help guys! I have dispatched both spiders. I suppose we should get a firm round to do a spray perhaps? Can anyone recommend one in Bayside Melbourne?
Thanks Buzzy I was going to go around the fence as well, which is a whole other spider apartment block (at the top, the bottom is a mosquito incubator) but my can of Mortein Outdoor ran out after I'd gone around the house. Moral of that story, is next time buy three cans to do the job properly! God bless Mortein! :D |
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I paid $240 to have my house sprayed, inside and out, last August after I found a HUGE spider in my daugher's bedroom (which I'm sure wasn't dangerous, just scary!). We haven't seen as much as a house spider inside since so from my pov it was money very well spent. They reckon it lasts 9 months so I'll have it done again in April just to be on the safe side :)
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