SpidersAustralian Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila edulis) Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) Striped Orb Weaver (Neoscona sp)
Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Pictured here on a native grass in the Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Alice Springs is a Striped Orb Weaver (genus Neoscona).
Identified as a gravid female Striped Orb Weaver.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Neoscona
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Narelle Murphy and members of Australian spider identification page, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australianspidereducation/
- Neoscona Simon, 1864, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https%3A//biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b41f05c4-ecf6-4693-a653-8b2c6a5e4db3
- Spotted Orbweavers Genus Neoscona, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/85035-Neoscona
SpidersAustralian Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila edulis) Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) Striped Orb Weaver (Neoscona sp)
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