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02-FEB-2014

Pass the Insecticide

Oh my, Sandy found this one in a bucket this morning, the Sydney Funnel-web (Atrax robustus) male I think. Its appropriate that the bucket is red because these spiders are dangerous and before 1981 when the antivenom was developed killed people (26 reported). I lived in Lane Cove where deaths from bites of this spider occurred and still remember the sense of relief when the antivenom was available. It has been reported that a death of a small child occurred 15 minutes after being bitten. And let me tell you that they don’t look very nice and rear up when irritated.

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Sam Rua02-Feb-2014 21:07
Yes, another one of the unpleasant critters in your area. I always thought we had a lot of venomous animals in the desert southwest US, but Australia beats that by a mile. Perhaps not in number, but definitely by potency / nastiness.
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