> Just on the redbacks... we moved into our house here in Canberra in
> 1988, and haven't had the place sprayed since - there were redbacks
> when we arrived, but they soon disappeared - our neighbours who have
> their places sprayed get dozens of them. My guess is that our
> thriving harmless arachnofauna (we live with several species of
> spiders running about our house) either out compete or just plain eat
> the redbacks... maybe what you really need up there are some of our
> monster Huntsman spiders to eat your redbacks ;)
I actually have the large Huntsman spiders in my fishroom. Sometimes I
forget and you will be sitting there watching your fish when one happens to
run across your foot or decides to "drop in" on you. :-)
Adrian
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Adrian R. Tappin
"Home of the Rainbowfish"
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
http://www.angfa.org/rainbowfish/home.htm
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