Dunny Monster
The Redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) is a potentially dangerous spider native to Australia. It resembles a Black widow spider. It is a member of the genus Latrodectus or the widow family of spiders, which are found throughout the world. The female is easily recognisable by its black body with prominent red stripe on its abdomen. Females have a body length of about a centimetre while the male is smaller, being only 3 to 4 millimetres long. The Redback spider is one of few animals which display sexual cannibalism while mating.
Redbacks are considered one of the most dangerous spiders in Australia. The Redback spider has a neurotoxic venom which is toxic to humans with bites causing severe pain. There is an antivenom for Redback bites which is commercially available.
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Gustav Nordlund
Whoa, cool :) What kind of lens did you use for this, i.e. how close were you? :)
Craig Shillington replied
Hehehe Thanks Gustav :) I used an Olympus 14-45mm with a Hoya +4 macro filter. There was two Red Backs in my back Dunny ;) One on the side of the toilet bowl … and this one was above my head in the doorway. I would have been about 250mm (9 – 10 inches) away when taking the photos. I have some photos of a White Tail Spider that was in my bath ;) I’ll upload one later :)
Sharon Hammond
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
Craig Shillington replied
LOL Awwww C’mon Sharon, you weren’t there ;)
Lars Klottrup
Unusual and cool…! :-)
Craig Shillington replied
Thank you Lars :)
C J Lewis
Amazing little arachnids … but eeeeeekkkkk !!! Great shot Craig :))
Craig Shillington replied
Fast buggers too!! ;) Although the little huntsman that ran across my arm yesterday was VERY fast ;) Thanks Chris :)
Paul Manning
Fantastic!
Craig Shillington replied
VBS Thanks so much Paul :)
Rosemaree
LOL… my dunny monster is about 50 times that size at the moment (huntsman-f/m). but have
been known from time to time to find one or two of these guys hanging about too…
Nice capture…
Craig Shillington replied
Awwww I love Huntsman Spiders Rosemaree :) :) We seem to have a heap of Wolf Spiders here at the moment too, not so sure about those Buggers LOL I go outside with the torch at night and see them all looking back at me ;)
ashroc
ooh scarrrry
Craig Shillington replied
As long as you don’t breath or move or stare you are fine ;) LOL
PERUGINA
What a great capture…glad it’s on the screen and not in here!
Craig Shillington replied
Thanks Patricia :) Wanna come over for a visit? ;) giggle
linda858100
AWESOME
Craig Shillington replied
VBS Thanks Linda :) :) :)
Rosemaree
I agree Craig not into wolfs… they have a habit of biting…lol… one of my daughters was mauled by a mum and babies a couple of years ago and she was very sick for a while as they bit her all under her armpit and down her side and they all got infected… yuck yuck yuck… she still has occassional trouble with the bite sites of several coming back up and infecting… The same daughter named our huntsmen (woman really..lol) Cybil…
PERUGINA
Craig Shillington replied about 2 hours ago
Thanks Patricia :) Wanna come over for a visit? ;) giggle_
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not with that pidee there i won’t be…..lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
georgiegirl
ew… Poor Rosemaree’s daughter, that’s awful. And fancy having spiders crawling over your arms!!!!! gives me the shivers ;D But it’s very Australian having redbacks in the loo/dunny! Remember the song? I think it was by Slim Dusty…
btw… Love the composition and colouring; and the web has jewels on it!
Cheyenne
Wow!! This is just a great shot. :) :)
lefotodelmaui
I don’t like spider in general but this shot is so strong, nicely done!