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Redback Spider vs Black Widow Spider: 5 Differences

While these two spiders are technically cousins, there are many differences between a redback spider vs black widow spider. If you live in an area where both of these spiders exist, can you tell them ...
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Australian spiders are truly built different

Get a fascinating close-up look at an Australian redback spider under a microscope. Discover its striking features, including ...
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Australian redback spiders' mating somersault may be driven by more than one gene

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The Australian redback spider has one of nature's more unsettling rituals: the male redback spider flips ...
Phys.org

Complex suicidal somersault behavior in male redback spiders may be explained by surprisingly simple genetics

The Australian redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), a cousin of the North American black widow spider, is known to practice sexual cannibalism, which is somewhat common among spider species. However ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Here’s Why These Male Spiders Sacrifice Themselves by Somersaulting Into Females’ Fangs While Mating

Redback spiders live throughout Australia. William via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 While mating, a male redback spider somersaults so that his abdomen lands in his partner’s awaiting fangs, seemingly ...