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• I have just caught a spider (redback???) in the back yard in some empty planter pots, it had a web similar to a redback but also had a silky type web surrounding the spider. It is not your normal type redback it has a long body (similar to a whitetail) it has six white dots 3 on either side from the middle of it's abdomen with a single v shape bar near where it joins the front part of it's body (cephalothorax) then a white band closer again to the cephalothorax, it's legs are a pale yellow colour with the joints being a very dark colour almost black, it appears to have a red spot on the top of it's head, but the main thing about it is has that telltale red stripe at it's tail, it is very aggressive and moves very fast, could this be a cross type species of redback with another type of spider.