Araneidae — Orb WeaversArgiope protensa Australian Golden Orb Weaver Garden Orb Weaving Spider Ordgarius magnificus Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus)
The Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora sp.) belong to a group of spiders with over 100 known species in Australia.
One of the more commonly seen Garden Orb Weaving Spiders are Eriophora biapicata and Eriphora transmarine. They tend to be a stout, reddish-brown or grey in colour, with a leaf-shaped pattern on their large roundish abdomens, which also have two noticeable humps towards the front. They sometimes have a dorsal stripe that can be white or brown edged with white.
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora transmarine)
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriophora biapicata)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Eriophora
- Species: Eriophora transmarina
- Synonyms:
- Epeira transmarina
- Epeira viridis
- Epeira producta
- Epeira thyridota
- Epeira capitalis
- Araneus productus
- Aranea producta
- Araneus capitalis
- Araneus transmarinus
Footnote & References
- Garden Orb Weaving Spiders, Author Dr Mike Gray, 3 December 2020, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/garden-orb-weaving-spiders/
Araneidae — Orb WeaversArgiope protensa Australian Golden Orb Weaver Garden Orb Weaving Spider Ordgarius magnificus Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus)
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