New Zealand poisonous spiders

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New Zealand is a small country located in the Pacific Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere.New Zealand has only three poisonous spiders the white tail and the Redback are from Australia and the Katipo (night stinger) is native to New Zealand  

To cut this down into finer detail here is some more information about the Katipo Redback and white tail

The Katipo scientific name is Latrobe tectus katipo

Females katipo have black rounded bodies with slender legs   and a white bordered red stripe on their back and red hourglass mark underneath . Adult males and juveniles are black and white and smaller than females. The katipo is shy spiders. The katipo makes it webs on warm sandy beaches  and sands dunes and beach grass and other vegetation ,stones ,drift wood ,debris such as empty tin and bottles. The bites from a katipo is very rare. The bites included after a few hours people might also experience sweating  difficulty with breathing and abdominal cramps.

The redback scientific name is Latrodectus Hasselti

Redbacks have black rounded bodies with slender legs and white bordered orange to red jagged hourglass mark underneath

Redbacks are originally from Australia They make their thimble shaped webs on the underside  of ledges stones overhangs and vegetation they are more likely than a katipo to make their home around houses to take advantage of the warm environment  

Small redback populations have been reported in central otago in the south island with smaller populations around New plymouth. Redbacks will only bite when  disturbed or trapped in clothing and the bite feels like a sharp  pain similar to a pin prick. The bite may lead to localised redness pain and sweating and it may lead to nausea and vomiting.

White tail has two scientific names have lampona murina and lampona cylindrata

White tails have been recorded in the upper New Zealand, cracks and crevices sometimes  on outside of houses gardens and bush wand they don't build webs.white tails have  dark bodies with a white patch on the end cigars shape abdomen

The white tail bites are painful. Initial burning feeling swelling redness and itchiness