Red-Back Spider

Did you know -

• the red-back spider has a reddish orange stripe down its back and an abdomen the size of a pea.

• the female red-back spider dies after it lays its eggs

• red-back spiders eat insects and sometimes other small animals such as mice and lizards

• only female red-back spiders are dangerous and the female is bigger than the male

• the male red-back spider's fangs can not pierce human skin

• the female is bigger than the male - the female is 15mm long, the male is only 5 mm long

• twelve Australians have died from red-back spider bites

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