Many species of young Spiders produce a long line of silk, and climb up to the top of vegetation, using the wind to take them into the air. In this way spiders are everywhere, travelling huge distances high in the air. Those that land somewhere favourable will breed.
The redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) is indigenous to Australia.
They are endemic to Australia
No, the katipo is an endangered spider native to New Zealand. Although related to Australia's redback spider, it is not the same species.
Redback spiders are a unique species that exist solely in Australia. If you need more information on them there are a number of websites available on Google.
Redback spiders are blamed for approximately 250 venomous bites every year in Australia. There may be more that are not recorded, and some of the 250 may be incorrectly attributed to the redback. It is very rare for a redback spider bite to be fatal, and no deaths have been attributed to it since the development of an antivenom. The last confirmed death was in 1953.
Redback Spider is indigenous to Australia. It is a venomous spider.
The Red Back Spider and the Funnel Web Spider (sometimes called the Sydney Funnel Web spider) are Australia's two poisonous spiders.
a redback spider
Many species of young spiders produce a long line of silk, and climb up to the top of vegetation, using the wind to take them into the air. In this way spiders are everywhere, travelling huge distances high in the air. Those that land somewhere favourable will breed.The redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) is indigenous to Australia.
The deadliest spider in Australia is the Red Back spider, closely followed by the Funnel web spider.
The Red-back spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is commonly found in Australia. They are a small black venomous spider with long thin legs, and the females have a red stripe on their globular abdomen.
Its called a Redback Spider. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider
The common black house spider eats redback spiders. This probably explains why redbacks are uncommon inside the house. Both redbacks and black house spiders are shy (especially the redback). A house spider will get to recognize you if you feed it ;)