I found this girl in an unfortunate location in the garden that required me to rehome her, and I decided to keep her in my collection - at least for now.
This is the first Latrodectus species I’ve kept in captivity, though I’ve wanted to keep one for a while.
Love Latrodectus spp.
We have 3 subspecies of
katanaKatipō in New Zealand and it has been 30 years since I’ve seen one in the wild, we also have a couple of small populations of Australian Red BackNever heard of a spider called Katana. Is it like a NZ nickname for L. katipo?
Shit auto correct
Yeah it should be Katipō