Hello Agent Smith,

Do you have any spare Daddy Long Leg spiders inside. Migrate them to the
compost bin as I believe that they like redbacks for dinner. About the only
other way is to diligently treat the redbacks with a thong for a week or two
in case the yhave any eggs waiting to hatch.

Paul


"john smith" wrote in message
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Hi folks. I'm in Sydney and have been making compost in one of those
square
based black plastic compost bins for a couple of years now. In the last
two
months have found I have redbacks in all 4 corners and hiding in the
handle
of the lid. This isn't the best as my two compost helpers are children
and
I'd hate for them to get bitten!

First I tried squashing the spiders, must have missed some. A month later
there are more than ever. Then I tried a very light spray of baygon right
on the spider (don't want to kill all the "good" bugs!). Now they're back
and I'm running out of ideas.

Help?

Thanks!