MORE RED-BACK INFORMATION:

- in America the reb-back is called the black widow
- the red-back spiders real name is lactrodectus mactans hasselti
- the female spider can lay 3 to 8 cocoons, each can have 1000 eggs
- the spiderling is 1 mm long
- females are much more poisonous than males, they can kill people
- they live in dark places such as, sheds, letterboxes, attics and even outdoor toilets
- when bitten you feel lots of pain, put ice on it!
- there is now an antivenom
- they mature in summer
-they hide near their web during the day or hang upside down, they are active at dusk or at night
- if an animal swallows a red-back it could die

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