Redback Spider Flamethrower Roundup March 2019 Pt1 Educational Video ─ leokimvideo

It's time to look for the deadly Redback spiders that are lurking around my home. This is a delayed February clear out because of the very hot Summer we have experienced in Australia. I start in the front yard and find multiple spider nests. I did do a study of one nest using the Arlo security camera system. It revealed to me how these spiders set up their messy webs. But my spider control process is all about removal of nesting areas before the spider egg sac's have a chance to open. I know Redback Spiders need roughly 6 weeks to develop their spiderlings, this timing can vary depending on the weather. Using a flamethrower / weed dragon I remove the spiders and nest in an instant. This process uses no chemical insecticides so it's environmentally friendly. It's also a very fast method of pest control. I did see a mystery Wasp hanging out in the Redback spider zone. I just hope it's something that hunts down Redback spiders and not a beetle that's imitating a Wasp. The weather started to get bad and I only do part of the backyard. There will be a part 2 where an amazing spider discovery is made. My method of controlling Redback spiders has greatly reduced the numbers of these deadly pests around my home. But my battle will be never ending because these spiders are so effective at turning our urban environments into their spider homes.

The Redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) is a species of venomous spider indigenous to Australia. It is a member of the cosmopolitan genus Latrodectus, the widow spiders. The adult female is easily recognised by her spherical black body with a prominent red stripe on the upper side of her abdomen and an hourglass-shaped red/orange streak on the underside. Females have a body length of about 10 millimetres (0.4 in), while the male is much smaller, being only 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long. Mainly nocturnal, the female Redback lives in an untidy web in a warm sheltered location, commonly near or inside human residences. It preys on insects, spiders and small vertebrates that become ensnared in its web. It kills its prey by injecting a complex venom through its two fangs when it bites, before wrapping them in silk and sucking out the liquefied insides. Male spiders and spiderlings often live on the periphery of the female spiders' web and steal leftovers. Other species of spider and parasitoid wasps prey on this species. The Redback is one of few arachnids which usually display sexual cannibalism while mating. The sperm is then stored in the spermathecae, organs of the female reproductive tract, and can be used up to two years later to fertilise several clutches of eggs. Each clutch averages 250 eggs and is housed in a round white silken egg sac. The Redback spider has a widespread distribution in Australia, and inadvertent introductions have led to established colonies in New Zealand, Japan, and in greenhouses in Belgium.
The redback is one of the few spider species that can be seriously harmful to humans, and its preferred habitat has led it to being responsible for the large majority of serious spider bites in Australia.

Video posted as educational, documentary, and scientific and forms part of my Redback Spider study series of videos.
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