Did you know? Daddy Longlegs are arachnids but they are not spiders, they are called Harvestmen, they have one body section , two eyes on a little bump , no silk, and no venom. Spiders have two body sections and most have eight legs, and produce venom and webs.
Makes a web in the centre of a tunnel in sheds, toilets, windows, under guttering, non aggressive, is toxic, bite causes pain, nausea, sweating but not fatal.
1 year life cycle
REDBACK SPIDER
(Latrodectus hasselti)
Found in unsewered toilets, under houses, in rubbish and in stacked papers. They are not aggressive but toxic, mainly the female which has caused illness and death.
1 year life cycle
WHITETAIL SPIDER
(Lampona cylindrata)
Found under bark of trees, often inside in bathrooms, not aggressive but bites cause local pain and blistering, often taking up to a week to heal.
Fact:"Arachnid" isn't just a fancy word for spider. Spiders are arachnids,but not all arachnids are spiders. Arachnids are members of a class of animals that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. What they all have in common—and what distinguishes them from insects—are four pairs of legs and no antennae.
