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Apr 04, 2021 16:34 | #766

avondale87 wrote in post #19218283

on the toilet wall today
not the best of light and no flash etc

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Better than a redback on the seat!

Everything comes to those who wait.

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Apr 04, 2021 18:11 as a reply to @ Pippan's post | #767

Please explain "redback" to us yanks.

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Apr 04, 2021 18:17 | #768

Pigpen101 wrote in post #19218598

Please explain "redback" to us yanks.

The red-back spider, also known as the Australian black widow, is a species of highly venomous spider

Slim Newton song, released in June 1972
there's a red-back on the toilet seat

There was a red-back on the toilet seat
When I was there last night,
I didn't see him in the dark,
But boy! I felt his b***!
I jumped high up into the air,
And when I hit the ground,
That crafty red-back spider
Wasn't nowhere to be found.
I rushed in to the missus,
Told her just where I'd been bit,
She grabbed the cut throat razor blade,
And I nearly took a fit.
I said, "Just forget what's on your mind,
And call a doctor please,
'Cause I've got a feeling that your cure
Is worse than the disease."

There was a red-back on the toilet seat
When I was there last night,
I didn't see him in the dark,
But boy! I felt his b***!
And now I'm here in hospital,
A sad and sorry plight,
And I curse that red-back spider
On the toilet seat last night.
I can't lay down, I can't sit up,
And I don't know what to do,
And all the nurses think it's funny,
But that's not my point of view.
I tell you it's embarrassing,
And that's to say the least
That I'm to sick to eat a b***,
While that spider had a feast!

And when I get back home again,
I tell you what I'll do,
I'll make that red-back suffer
For the pain I'm going through.
I've had so many needles
That I'm looking like a sieve,
And I promise you that spider
Hasn't very long to live!
There was a red-back on the toilet seat
When I was there last night,
I didn't see him in the dark,
But boy! I felt his b***!
And now I'm here in hospital,
A sad and sorry plight,
And I curse that red-back spider
On the toilet seat last night.

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Apr 04, 2021 18:27 as a reply to @ avondale87's post | #769

Haha... I instantly thought of the black widow when I heard it, but the red mark is on the belly. I had a scary encounter with one when I lived in Georgia.

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Apr 16, 2021 18:21 | #770

Male Black Widow.

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Apr 18, 2021 14:41 | #771

Crab spider and lunch !

He/she made things very difficult for me by dining underneath the flower head, although I shouldn't complain because the hoverfly had a much harder time than I did.

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Apr 18, 2021 15:13 as a reply to @ Ramon-uk's post | #772

Great shot. Funny timing, I was just walking around outside looking for a fly for my jumper.

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Apr 24, 2021 20:49 | #773

Crab Spider on Indian Paintbrush.

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May 06, 2021 08:52 | #774

Crab Spider hiding, and some type of orb weaver, resembles an Orchard Orb, but color isn't right.

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May 13, 2021 18:58 | #775

Me getting a good picture with a cell phone is like the blind squirrel finding an acorn. But sometimes it happens.

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May 13, 2021 19:06 as a reply to @ Terry McDaniel's post | #776

Cute little jumper.

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May 19, 2021 16:36 | #777

Female golden orb spider, Nephila insignis.

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Everything comes to those who wait.

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May 19, 2021 20:22 | #778

Striped Lynx Spider.

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"The .44 spoke,
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May 21, 2021 08:36 | #779

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May 23, 2021 22:53 | #780

Just a big ol' house spider before being escorted from daughter's room.

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