Redback Spider Car Wreck 2 Years John Cena's Relatives EDUCATIONAL VIDEO ─ leokimvideo

It's now 2 years since the Redback Spider names John Cena was released at a rusty old car wreck on a bush track. I'm going to look for Redback spider webs, egg sac's, spiderlings and spider nests. What I'm hoping to find is the direct relatives to John Cena Redback (always remembering this spider is a female). I show what this car wreck would look like if the car was driving today. In previous videos viewers have said this is a VB Commodore (78 - 80) era car. If that engine is a Red 202 straight 6 that would confirm this car's identity. Anyway the weather turns bad and chaos kicks in once I release a box of crickets to lure out the reclusive Redback Spiders. Also a chance to sneak in some footage of my 1980's Kiss collection. It was the Dynasty era of Kiss and by the time Eric Carr was in the band it became known as the Unmasked tour (Dynasty costumes and stage) that would be a mystery to many in the USA.

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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