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redback, redback spider
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small venomous Australian spider, Latrodectus hasselti, having long thin legs and, in the female, a red stripe on the back of its globular abdomen


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Costa Rica has four species of monkeys: the Mantled Howler, White-faced Capuchin, Red-backed Squirrel and Spider.
Sean Fitzpatrick, honorary life vice-president of the National Council for Aviculture, pleaded guilty to owning 20 live red-backed shrikes and three stone chats.
Instead, researchers found that many of the species studied favored the areas where deer grazed frequently Pill bugs, centipedes, millipedes, earthworms, slugs, ants, and beetles were found equally in grazed and ungrazed sections, but researchers found nearly three times as many red-backed salamanders and five-and-a-half times more snakes in sites with deer than those without them.
 
 
 
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