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Red-backed Spider

Latrodectus hasselti

Description:

Small specimen, .5cm The web is noteworthy. This spider has been forced to create a defensive structure with it's web. Space is at a premium and she has ended up on a long stretch of steel fence where there is no hole that is not already taken

Habitat:

normally hidden in holes in structures and rocks

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StephenSolomons
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StephenSolomons

2262, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Feb 20, 2010
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013

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