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    The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian black widow, is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in Australia...
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    America. It is not to be confused with the unrelated and highly venomous redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti). Adults tend to be about a centimeter in length...
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    of highly venomous spiders, including the Sydney funnel-web spider, its relatives in the family Hexathelidae, and the redback spider, whose bites can be...
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    European black widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus), the Australian redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) and the closely related New Zealand katipō (Latrodectus...
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    female for a period without being harmed in any way. The male Australian redback spider Latrodectus hasselti is killed by the female after he inserts his second...
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    widow spider (L. hesperus), Northern black widow spider (L. variolus). Other Latrodectus that cause latrodectism are the Australian redback spider (L. hasselti)...
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    preys on other spiders, including species considered dangerous such as redback spiders. Pholcus phalangioides is known to be harmless to humans and a potential...
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  • systemic symptoms. The widow spiders (genus Latrodectus), such as the black widow, redback spider, and katipō are spiders that carry a neurotoxic venom...
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    Antivenom (category Chemicals that do not have a ChemSpider ID assigned)
    antivenoms) are administered intravenously; however, stonefish and redback spider antivenoms are given intramuscularly. The intramuscular route has been...
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    Australian redback spider, has established a foothold in some parts of New Zealand, notably in Taranaki and Central Otago. The Australian white-tailed spider, first...
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    definite spider bites in Australia indicated that 6% of spider bites cause significant effects, the vast majority of these being redback spider bites causing...
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    of redback spider bite which receive antivenom each year. There are around 2000 redback spider bites each year, while antivenom for funnel-web spider bites...
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    in the redback spider, and vibrant male coloration morphologies which function as female attraction mechanisms, as seen in the peacock spider, Maratus...
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    the palpless male. In over 60% of cases, the female of the Australian redback spider kills and eats the male after it inserts its second palp into the female's...
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  • it was the first record Newton made. The title song references the Redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian black widow. At...
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    Steatoda (redirect from False widow spider)
    Orange to reddish-marked Steatoda paykulliana can be mistaken for the redback spider). In common with other members of the family Theridiidae, Steatoda construct...
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    prey on Tegenaria funnel weaver spiders, and are known to attack and eat redback spiders, huntsman spiders and house spiders. Pholcids may be beneficial to...
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    Araneomorphae (redirect from True spider)
    The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point...
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  • version of the Korean K21 Redback (comics), a comic book superhero Redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), species of spider found in Australia This disambiguation...
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    Katipō (category Endemic spiders of New Zealand)
    endangered species of spider native to New Zealand. It is one of many species in the genus Latrodectus, such as the Australian redback (L. hasseltii), and...
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  • Agenioideus nigricornis, the redback spider-hunting wasp, is a species of spider wasp from the subfamily Pompilinae, found in Australia. It is a parasitoid...
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  • Nicodamus peregrinus (category Spiders of Australia)
    peregrinus, known as the red and black spider, is a spider found in eastern and southern Australia. Unlike the redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii), the bright...
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  • Back to the Outback (category Animated films about spiders)
    sending the group into the sewers. After getting help from Legs, a Redback Spider and her pack in getting around the sewers, Pretty Boy finds that he...
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    Whistling spider Selenotypus plumipes, Australian Featherleg spider Family Theridiidae Ariamnes spp., Whip spiders Latrodectus hasselti, Redback spider Nesticodes...
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    Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order...
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    been bitten by the far more dangerous redback. "Taxon details Steatoda grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern,...
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  • Ramone's touring band as well as his own band, Ronnie Simmons and the Redback Spiders. Simmons began busking on the main street of Newtown, Sydney in his...
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    spiders (Latrodectus spp.), including the black widows, button spiders, Australian redback spider (L. hasseltii), and the endangered katipō of New Zealand (L...
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  • Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin and Marie Severin, the...
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    January 1996). "Sexual Selection for Male Sacrifice in the Australian Redback Spider". Science. 271 (5245): 70–2. Bibcode:1996Sci...271...70A. doi:10.1126/science...
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