Hi Everyone,
More photos from my Grampians trip, I found what appears to be a redback "couple". I'm not sure if that's a thing as redback male spiders have a high chance of being eaten during mating (something which disturbingly some males help the female achieve) and they are solitary as far as I know. I found the lovely pair near the pool at the resort I was staying at, they were in an empty plant pot. I went back to take picture of them a few times but did not get a good composition, but one does not simply pose a redback spider unless you want a visit to the hospital. Redback spiders are amongst the most dangerous spiders in Australia, the only more dangerous would be the Sydney Funnel Web spider which is much more aggressive and larger. Thanks to antivenom a death has not been recorded from a redback bite since 1957.
I shot these at night, when the spiders were most active in the hope I would get to see one from the top but no luck. Hope you like them nonetheless
This was the male (at least i think so, its considerably smaller then the female that can be seen the background) - f/13, ISO 320, 1/160 sec, flash, handheld
Female redback spider - f/13, ISO 320, 1/160 sec, flash, handheld
More photos from my Grampians trip, I found what appears to be a redback "couple". I'm not sure if that's a thing as redback male spiders have a high chance of being eaten during mating (something which disturbingly some males help the female achieve) and they are solitary as far as I know. I found the lovely pair near the pool at the resort I was staying at, they were in an empty plant pot. I went back to take picture of them a few times but did not get a good composition, but one does not simply pose a redback spider unless you want a visit to the hospital. Redback spiders are amongst the most dangerous spiders in Australia, the only more dangerous would be the Sydney Funnel Web spider which is much more aggressive and larger. Thanks to antivenom a death has not been recorded from a redback bite since 1957.
I shot these at night, when the spiders were most active in the hope I would get to see one from the top but no luck. Hope you like them nonetheless
This was the male (at least i think so, its considerably smaller then the female that can be seen the background) - f/13, ISO 320, 1/160 sec, flash, handheld
Female redback spider - f/13, ISO 320, 1/160 sec, flash, handheld