Rare Red Back Spider Coing Tuvalu

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John1

The Black Widow spider of North America is a closely related species, and some BW's even have a faint red stripe on the back.

Red Back spiders are common in dry places around my house in Sydney, but I don't bother with them, unless their rather tangled web (and thus the spider), is in a potentially dangerous location.

Both species are potentially dangerous to human life.

I was bitten by a funnel web spider many years ago, and that required immediate transport to hospital.
Their venom is neuro toxic, can be fatal without anti-venene treatment. My kid brother said that I didn;t have any brains, and that is why I survived.
I have two tiny tattoo marks on a knuckle of my left hand to prove my experience.

If you followed the link to eBay, and played around a bit with search options, you saw that in the last 5 weeks, 4 of these sold, all at a price in the vicinity of $500. Only one that was offered in this price range did not sell.

TO me, this indicates a healthy supply-demand balance (from a seller viewpoint) at this price point.

Good luck!