Here's a funny little number. Well, not funny, as the case may be. She was quite busy when I found her as you can tell from her TWO egg sacks. As far as Australian Redbacks go, I'm not a huge fan of their abilities (the words deadly and spider in the same sentence make me ready to walk quickly in the other direction rather than run, so as not to draw too much attention to myself). On the flip side they are quite beautiful as far as spiders go, so if you keep a comfortable distance, they are quite easy to admire. The reason I was not impressed is that she had made her home under my camp chair...on the back veranda...about eight feet from the back door. Enough said.

Sometimes I enjoy being extra dramatic, for effect. :)



Photo taken at our home about two hours south of Perth, Western Australia.