Originally posted by Weirdo80:
There are no black widow spiders in Australia. The closest relative, the redback spider is much more docile and bites take many hours or even days to cause death. Moreover, the victim will not feel localised pain at the rectal area but instead profuse pain round the entire body, break into a cold sweat, dilated eyelids as the venom injected by these spiders is a neurotoxin.
Enough to debunk this urban legend.
Have u search every corner?

You never know who has unknowingly brought in this creatures. Knowing how Black widows spread. it could be in anywhere in the world.
Then again, my first thought was they were talking about red backs...