Backyard Spiders. Budgewoi to Bateau Bay.
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Dr. Ron Atkinson's. Find A Spider Guide. Robert Whyte and Dr. Greg Anderson's Arachne.org. The Chew Brothers' Brisbane Insects.
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Quick guide to common spiders
ARANEIDAE Orb Weavers
CORINNIDAE Corinnids
DESIDAE Intertidal Spiders
DEINOPIDAE Net-casters
HERSILIIDAE Two-tailed Spiders
LAMPONIDAE White tails
LYCOSIDAE Wolf Spiders
OXYOPIDAE Lynx Spider
SPARASSIDAE Huntsman
TETRAGNATHIDAE
THERIDIIDAE Theridiids
THOMISIDAE Crab spiders
ZORIDAE. Wandering Ghosts
This could be one of a couple of species. A. eburnus or A cyphoxis. now changed to Plebs eburnus for now.
This spider was one of a number of species of orb weaver species living in webs at the end of the garden in the dappled shade of the Mulberry Tree. In this case it was photographed Sept. 2010 at Budgewoi This species is small at about 8mm
Bush Orb Weaver. Plebs eburnus