Comments on: Lethiferous Latrodectus – part 1 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/05/21/lethiferous-latrodectus-%e2%80%93-part-1/ Our place, our voices Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Phil Sirvid http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/05/21/lethiferous-latrodectus-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comment-5523 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:01:47 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3075#comment-5523 Hi Naomi,
Almost certainly it will be nothing to worry about. The two poisonous spiders we have are katipo and redback. They don’t really behave in the way you describe (webs appearing overnight in your backyard). Katipo is also very unlikely to live around homes and while the redback can, unless you’re in Central Otago it’s unlikely you have one of these.

However, if you still concerned and are able to take a digital photo of the webs or the spiders that make them I may be able to identify them for you. You can make contact via Te Papa’s general enquiry form:
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/onlineforms/enquiryform.aspx

]]> By: Naomi http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/05/21/lethiferous-latrodectus-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comment-5518 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:44 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3075#comment-5518 thanks for the information made available online. I have been searching for any information on spiders in nz due to the appearance of webs appearing overnight in our back yard. I have been searching for the identity of the spiders to ensure that the children are safe to play around the webs. i like that the information was brief and to the point. Some big words that the common people like myself have no understanding but the rest is very eye-opening.

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