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  • 16-10-2005 2:29pm
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    Sesshoumaru
    Registered Users Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭


    I spotted this guy in my back garden earlier today. I took some pictures of it with my phone as I had never seen a spider with a bright red back before. Maybe someone here might be able to help me identify it? My phone didn't really capture its colour correctly. Its back was a little redder and brighter than this picture would indicate

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    Liam90
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭Liam90


    i can't really see it that good but the only spider i know with a red back it the highly venomous red back spider which i think is found in australia but i did hear a story from england where a lady bought some grapes from the store and came home and looked into the grapes and there was a red back spider in there :eek: and it also looks about the same size as a red back


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    Sesshoumaru
    Registered Users Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭Sesshoumaru


    I already looked up the red back spider from australia. Its not that type thankfully :) The red back is totally black with a red stripe on its back. This one is brown with blacks spots and its entire back looks like a raspberry or strawberry.


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    Wokie
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭Wokie


    Check out this website....I've sufficiently creeped myself out on it:D

    http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/thumbnails/spidhome_thumbnails.htm

    you might find your spider here!


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