This is a female White Tail which are about 20mm long. the males are about 12mm and quite common in Tasmania. They prefer to feast on other spiders, such as curtain-web spiders, daddy-long-legs, redback spiders and black house spiders.
It is commonly thought that the bite from the white tailed spider causes necrotising arachnidism, an ulcerating sore which is very difficult to heal. The latest research indicates that it is rather the result of other germs which are introduced into the wound which cause the ulceration and not the venom.
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Heya are using WordPress for your site platform? I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started and create my own. Do you require any html coding knowledge to make your own blog? Any help would be really appreciated!
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WordPress.com uses Themes and no coding is required – though it does help to have a basic understanding. There are some great getting started tutorials on WordPress and YouTube.
WordPress.org is different and requires YOU to host the site.
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