Red Back Spider

Description:

A red back spider is black with a red stripe on its back. Spiders have eight legs and two fangs. The poison is at the back of the abdomen.

Habitat:

It lives under a rock or a brick.

Food:

It eats flies.

Predators:

A daddy long legs spider can kill a red back. Birds and some small animals eat spiders.

Life Cycle:

A redback's life cycle is a mum comes first. She lays eggs. The eggs hatch into baby spiders. The babies are called spiderlings. The spiderlings grow into adult spiders.

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