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Hi Carl,
I used to tease these little black monsters out of their burrows.
The female (as the one you pictured) digs in up to a metre
Missulena "occatoria" and "bradleyi"
Nasty bitey and dangerously venemous. Shorter spinerrets than the Sydney Funnel Web. (That's the two small feeler things out the tail.)
Otherwise its difficult to tell them apart.
Marc is fortunate not to have that in his shirt. Otherwise we would be hearing from him in hospital.
I don't kill safe spiders. I like to have them rather than mossies.
Many people will kill everything off and then complain about all the nasty mossies they get. Its their own doing sometimes. They have killed off all the mossie predators. The frogs and toads leave because they are very sensitive to insect repellents and the propellants, etc.
Look after some of your spiders. They inadvertantly look after you.
Cheers
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