Ruby the Redback
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Owner:
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pandsa
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Released:
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Origin:
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New South Wales, Australia
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Recently Spotted:
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In Simli
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As Red back Spiders are found throughout Australia and are common in disturbed and urban areas
These are the places I like to visit so that I can have a chance to find interesting places to stay.
The Red back is related to the Black Widow spider of North America and other spiders in South Africa. They like to live in urban areas because of the greater number of habitats that suit them. In Australia they were famous for their toilet habitats!
Don't Mess with a Redback Spider!!
An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week when she found a 70cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm, came in to work on Tuesday and spotted the sight next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web.
Leon Lotz of the Arachnology Department at the National Museum said it was only the second time that he had heard of a snake getting caught in a spider's web. It is believed the snake got caught in the web on Monday night. But it did not take the spider long to bite it. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started eating it.
Throughout Tuesday, the spider checked on her prey, but on Wednesday she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it. She also kept lifting it higher off the ground, while continually snacking on it.
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