Albino Red back spider ?????

[JayM]

Hey just found this little spider, not to sure what it is! We have alot of redback spiders around our house and i was wondering if it is a albino redback! It's the same shape and it was living around the same area where our redbacks lives!!

 

[hornet]

those eyes do look red, can you get me a better pic of the front?

 

[angua21]

I have seen those before, they are really cool. I hope someone on here knows what they are, cos i have often wondered myself

 

[Gut-Axe]

Pretty sure that’s a Grey House Spider or Comb Footed Spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum).

http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/301.htm

http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/images/301C10.jpg

 

[urodacus_au]

A Theridiid of some sort, could be Achaearanea sp. Same family as a red back, but not Latrodectus hasselti.

Jordan

 

[Retic]

I'm pretty sure you can't get albino insects (or arachnids), something to do with having an exoskeleton ?

 

[JayM]

where the red is on the redback, there is a black bit with the same markings!!!
So theres no chance it could be?

 

[hornet]

any animals the produces melanin can be albino

 

[Charlie]

Isn't it just a male redback spider? i'm pretty sure that males dont have the same colouring as females, could be wrong though.

 

[nuthn2do]

Isn't it just a male redback spider? i'm pretty sure that males dont have the same colouring as females, could be wrong though.

I thought the same but it seems a bit big in the pic for a male

 

[tfor2]

I seen the same kind of spider the other night.... I had to look at at it twice....

 

[spongebob]

They're everywhere in the shed down to the tide line where the dragons can get them. Like redbacks they luv the warm and sand and manmade structures of the lizard enclosures..
Plenty of food too what with them roaches and all...I dont specialise in arthropods but I've got them anyway!

 

[spilota_variegata]

It looks too much like a red back to me to take any chances Certainly looks like the spider Gut-axe stated but I wouldn't like to be the first person to get bitten by an albino redback

 

[Gut-Axe]

It looks too much like a red back to me to take any chances Certainly looks like the spider Gut-axe stated but I wouldn't like to be the first person to get bitten by an albino redback

Yeah a lot of people actually refer to them as “fake Redbacks” and they don’t have the capacity to do too much damage but like you said why take the chance and find out just how bad they can actually bring you to pain

 

[Twiggz]

I dont think thats a red back at all.
No expert but i just dont see any similarity.
As far as i'm aware those querying the "red back"- to my understanding only females have the red, where as males are just flat black all over.


Is it just me or has everyone suddenly gone albino insane????

 

[Aussie Python Lover]

Actually the male is the same as the female but just where the red is on the female i think the male is either yellow or a dull orange color.... Well thats what they look like here in darwin anyways....

 

[Inkslinger]

A Theridiid

 

[MoreliaMatt]

Is it just me or has everyone suddenly gone albino insane????

yes albino and hypo insane!

just let it bite you.... the symptoms should tell you what it is! lol

 

[JayM]

ok i'm going to take moreliaMatt advice and let it bite me!!!
I will tell you all how it goes!!!

 

[Serpant_Lady]

yea thats going to be good whe you get to hospital and they are all arguing over the antivenine (sp?) lol