Another classic from the BBC’s Life in the Undergrowth:
Sunday Night Movie: The Redback Spider
Alex Wild on insects, science, and photography
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We have a couple around the place Alex. Generally they like cool spot.
You know the famous Australian saying ” there’s a red back under the dummy seat ” A dummy is old Australian term for outdoor toilet.
NOOO!!! Not the ants!
I first observed the western North American Latrodectus hesperus build a sticky-foot snare array like the redback’s, as a kid in San Jose, CA. (My mother forbade widow spiders in glass jars in the house, but I kept them anyway, for the sake of science.) Indeed, the web design of scaffolding plus cobwebby sheet plus sticky-foot snares is typical of many theridiid spiders, and I believe unique to the family.
Wow, what a great video! Thanks for the bio-inspiration on this Monday morning.
Thanks for sharing such an inspiring video!