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Old 06-02-10, 09:39
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The F60L was looking a bit "Webby" (no aspersions on Keith!), so I thought I'd clean it up a bit. Beside the usual cast of less-venomous spiders, I found 6 Redbacks, and 2 egg-nests (these can be posted to Canada if anyone's interested in starting their own colony). Certainly explains why there's no snakes around!

PS: There was 6, but only 5 are photogenic enough for the camera. The first one became a victim to my lightning fast reflexes.
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Old 07-02-10, 00:04
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The F60L was looking a bit "Webby" (no aspersions on Keith!), so I thought I'd clean it up a bit. Beside the usual cast of less-venomous spiders, I found 6 Redbacks, and 2 egg-nests (these can be posted to Canada if anyone's interested in starting their own colony). Certainly explains why there's no snakes around!

PS: There was 6, but only 5 are photogenic enough for the camera. The first one became a victim to my lightning fast reflexes.
Was that a teaser photo for the rest of the truck Tony??
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Old 07-02-10, 07:57
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Was that a teaser photo for the rest of the truck Tony??
Yep!
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Old 07-02-10, 08:21
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No.... not enough - cmon cmon........... More pictures.
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Old 18-02-10, 03:06
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A few months back, I bought a used single cyl. HONDA motor from the local scrappy , for my walk behind slasher .. I got a fright when I removed the round plastic spark plug cap on top of the petrol tank.. A big red back staring at me
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Old 21-02-10, 10:40
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Here is a very good reason to keep spiders in your shed !!!!!!!!!
Built in snake trap
Got this one in my shed 15 minutes ago .8:15 in the evening
Baby brown snake . Worst thing about that is where there is one there is the rest of the batch plus mum and probably dad
And then the inevitable comes when you tell the wife and she starts up about all the junk in the yard
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Old 21-02-10, 12:19
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The F60L was looking a bit "Webby" (no aspersions on Keith!), so I thought I'd clean it up a bit. Beside the usual cast of less-venomous spiders, I found 6 Redbacks, and 2 egg-nests (these can be posted to Canada if anyone's interested in starting their own colony). Certainly explains why there's no snakes around!

PS: There was 6, but only 5 are photogenic enough for the camera. The first one became a victim to my lightning fast reflexes.
I think Jiff is interested in acquiring a redback spider colony, and I know he takes a keen interest in our deadly reptile population - seems we can give him what he's hankering after so go on, Tony, send him a parcel and Andrew can send the rest of the brood he found.
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Old 21-02-10, 23:11
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Old 22-02-10, 16:34
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I think Jiff is interested in acquiring a Redback spider colony, and I know he takes a keen interest in our deadly reptile population - seems we can give him what he's hankering after so go on, Tony, send him a parcel and Andrew can send the rest of the brood he found.
Oh, good idea! I hadn't thought of Geoff!

Geoff, please be very careful putting you hand in your letterbox over the next few weeks. The eggs could hatch in the time it takes to deliver them, and you wouldn't want to accidentally crush the poor things. If they haven't hatched and Springtime weather hasn't kicked in yet over there, you might need to incubate them by keeping the eggs at body temp. In a shirt pocket would be fine, that way you wouldn't lose any hatchlings. Do let us know how they get on.
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