Insect Direct Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Excuse quality of pics, Small spider, complete red body and adomen with dark legs and black fangs 4 white dots on back with a couple of horizontal lines then a nice whitish stripe down the back of abdomen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Not katipo sorry. Introduced South African spider, I think. Also found on beaches where katipo are, but sadly are much more common. When you see a katipo it just looks SO katipo-like that it kinda takes you aback... Hard to describe. This is a female katipo I found on Moana Roa/Scott's Ferry beach, coastal of Bulls: Try rolling logs on the beach and look for little 'nests' of web, usually with tiny sticks and sand attached. They belong to the larger females. They do bite but very rarely, usually requires provokation. Most recorded cases were when the spider was inside an item of clothing which was then put on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_W Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 male black widow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 wow those pics put mine to shame lol looks very much like that pic Andrew W posted couldnt find anything on google last night like it and all the false katipo didnt appear to have the stripe like this we beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_W Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 ahh what was the point of this thread? Sorry I thought we were trying to work what spider it was you had...I just pulled that pic off google. this used to live on parents balcony in sydney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 point of thread was to identify the spider so thankyou im pretty sure you hit the nail on the head. Done a little bit of reading/googling and maf claim no black widows in nz :roll: Other sites say black widow is just another name for katipo and or redbacks so i dunno they all look similar to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I can conclusively say that it is not one of these that I found on my driveway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 They all look like excellent food for my Butterfly Fish. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 now that is a nice spider Ira, good pic do you still have it no one has died from a katipo bite yet our katipo is being "beaten on the beaches" by a sth african competitor as well as council insecticide spraying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 now that is a nice spider Ira, good pic do you still have it no one has died from a katipo bite yet our katipo is being "beaten on the beaches" by a sth african competitor as well as council insecticide spraying Nah, I didn't keep it, I hate spiders. I just saw it walking across my driveway and took a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxglove Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Mincie your spider may be a redback - we do have them in NZ, mostly in port towns, eg Welly, Napier, Auckland, Tauranga. Sometimes the colour is more red than the total black, and those other markings appear. You can find a pic of a red female on wikipedia, if you scroll through the listing. Unlike the rare and dry-loving katipo, redbacks like buildings and sheds. I once found one on a garbage sack, as I was putting it outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabman Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 We have also had Black Widows hitching a ride on cargo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 so its a???????????? lol i found another red one today im getting invaded :lol: will try get some better pics asap but computers almost slower than me atm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxglove Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I'm pretty sure that's Steadota the South African interloper. It is common around NZ and although usually is shiny black, it can have this reddish form - maybe it is a seasonal colour change, dunno. :roll: If you want perfect id you can send the spider to Phil Servid at Te Papa, Welly, and he will let you know exactly what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzoom1 Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 the coolest spider I've seen is at my house is this... (Obviously not my picture) I think they're called Two-spined spiders and they originate from Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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