Wednesday, April 23, 2008

RedBack Spiders



Spiders invade Queensland hospital
ABC Online
TONY EASTLEY: It sounds like the stuff of a b-grade horror movie: a small hospital is infested with potentially deadly redback spiders. ...

Rain of redbacks closes hospital
Melbourne Herald Sun
Mr Dekker said he had been inundated recently by calls from central Queenslanders wanting to rid their properties of the redback spiders. ...

That's not a redback ... no really, it's not
Fraser Coast Chronicle
As redback spiders have a bite venomous enough to cause vomiting, hypertension and even paralysis, it was Ms Bretherton's impulse to get well out of the
Red back spider plague forces hospital closure -
The hospital in Baralaba, a tiny town in Queensland, 200 miles northwest of Brisbane, has been plagued by red back spiders for months. ...
Redback Spiders
Redback Spiders are found throughout Australia. They are common in disturbed and urban areas
Red-back spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is a potentially dangerous spider native to Australia. It resembles a Black widow spider
Spiders - Redback Spiders
Redbacks are Australia's best-known spider. They appear in songs and even have a beer named after them. Redbacks live all over Australia but are less common

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