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White Tail Spiders

Identification
White Tailed Spiders have a dark red/grey, long body and eight dark orange/brown
legs. Males grow up to about 12mm, while females are generally larger at
18mm.
Their grey dorsal abdomen bears two pairs of faint white spots that are less
distinct in adults, with a white spot at the tip; the male has a hard, scute
(narrow plate) on the front of the abdomen.
Habitat
White Tailed Spiders are found in southern and eastern Australia including
south Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania
and southern Western Australia.
Toxicity
The White Tailed Spider's bite is often related to severe, untreatable ulceration
and skin lesions known medically as "necrotising
arachnidism", however, this is largely a myth as confirmed by several
case studies. Minor bacterial infection of
the wound is most likely the cause of such cases
of ulceration.
However, fact states that
their bites usually cause an initial burning pain followed by swelling
and itchiness of the bitten area. Occasionally, weals or blistering occurs.
Removal
White Tailed Spiders infesting your house can be controlled by catching and
removing any that you come across and by removing the webs of other
smaller spiders, upon which they feed.
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