redbacks look like "normal" spiders.
as do wolf spiders. White tails look a little freaky.

funnel webs and redbacks, I don't suggest you fuck with, though.

I rememeber being "introduced" to an Orb weaver at my mate's place in north Sydney, and he showed me how aggresive it was by poking its web, then told me it was harmless. I looked it up at the Sydney Botanics a couple of weeks later. "Considered harmless. Side effects of bite include local pain, redness, and blisters that normally disappear within a 24-hour interval. In some cases, it might trigger allergic reactions and result in respiratory problems or fast-acting involuntary muscle cramps, very occasionally resulting in death"

Now that's what I call harmless 27.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:48, Reply)