I can barley even look at the pics long enough to give my opinion.. My big phobia is dang spiders. Guys at the FD think it's hilarious to mess with me bout it too. Chanse me around with em and stuff.. I keep tellin em it's a darn good way to get knocked out, I just can't keep myself close to em long enough to do it before I take off!! Lol.
I was under the impression that Redback Spiders are Australian . To me, the picture above looks like a Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans Fabricius). When they are young they can have red stripes across their back, as they molt the red fades and the hour glass appears.
not sure but wiki says that redbacks are considered to be the most poisonous spiders in Australia...if that's true then regardless what it is I wouldn't get near it...
Black widow unless Crocodile Dundee has been on your place----if in doubt, catch it (safely) and get it to A&M--I'm sure their entomologists would be interested in it if and scientists love to be "first" in reporting a new species in an area.
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