Australian Golden Orb-web Spider
Female, dorsal, rotated
Australian Golden Orb-web Spider
Female, ventral, rotated
| Australian Golden Orb-web Spider Female, dorsal, rotated | | Australian Golden Orb-web Spider Female, ventral, rotated | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Spiders (Araneae) | ||||
| Family: | Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Australian Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila edulis) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, ventral, rotated | ||||
| Synonym: | Trichonephila edulis | ||||
Thank you Natasha Taylor for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland and elsewhere This is the usually large, grey spider found hanging from road signs on country roads. One of the most photographed spiders in Australia. The male is red and much smaller. It is only when you see them together that his colours make any sense; ie they match her ventral colours. | |||||
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