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We don't usually get redbacks at our place, but the biggest one I've ever seen recently took up residence in the battery box for our solar power system. And she'd laid quite a few eggs.
I heard on the Science Show a few years ago that there is some evidence that they are not native to Australia but are a naturalised form of Black Widow that migrated here on cargo ships in the 19th century. The boffins on the show said that this is why they are mostly found amongst human artifacts and not very much in the bush. I found this quite interesting.
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