I have just emerged from an encounter I certainly do not want to repeat, thank you very much.
Just pulling up on our driveway, and Helen spotted it - a full grown female Red Back spider. Ewww. The little blighters are pretty poisonous, and without antivenom can lead to death. However, they only have very small fangs and often when they bite don't even pierce the skin.
That doesn't detract form the fear response they produce in me when i am close to one.
The picture above is not very representative - normally they have quite long legs, but this was after I had shot half a can napalm on it, hence why everything is distorted. Oh its good to be at the top of the food chain.
The red back doesn't just eat 'little' things - they regularly capture things that are many times larger - check this out - it is a 3.5inch lizard. She'll dine out on this for weeks!
This is one thing england is better at - no hideous deadly spiders.
Squeemishly contemplating lunch now....
Chris
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