Redback spider
Species information
Eye colour	Red
Skin colour	Red
Related to	Spider
Status	Extant

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Redback spiders are a species of common house spider^[1], so named because the female has a prominent red stripe on the abdomen.^[2] Hogwarts Castle had an infestation of redback spiders during the 1993-1994 school year.^[1]

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (GBA version only)

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