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Alice Springs SpidersAustralian Golden Orb Weaver Australian Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) Backobourkines Banded Garden Spider Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) Cytaea sp Desert Huntsman Spider Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) Hackled Orb-weavers Hortophora sp Long-jawed Orb Weavers Long-tailed St. Andrew’s Cross Spider Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp) Red-headed Mouse Spider Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) Wall Spider (Oecobius sp)
The Australian Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila edulis) has a wide range, and can often be found in home gardens and around town, their webs hanging between man-made structures and trees. It is also known by the shortened form of Golden Orb or Golden Orb Weaver.
It can be a large spider if it does not become prey to birds in particular.
With a variable body size, it is the female of the species whose body can reach up to 40 mm length, whilst the male of the species can grow to about just 7 mm in length. In the following series of photos, the tiny spider was observed trying to approach the female, but always keeping a safe distance.
More information in Fauna section > Spiders > Araneidae — Orb Weavers
Australian Golden Orb WeaverFemale Male Dimorphic Males Juvenile to Mature Female Moult Prey Web of Sex Egg Sac Web
You can also see more images and information of this gorgeous spider:
- Alice Springs Desert Park — Australian Golden Orb-Weaving Spider
- Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds — Golden Orb-weaver Juvenile
- Birthday Waterhole Fauna — Golden Orb
- Kunoth Bore — Spiders Golden Orb Weaver Spider
- Olive Pink Botanic Garden — Australian Golden Orb Weaver (Trichonephila edulis)
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Trichonephila
- Species: Trichonephila edulis
Alice Springs SpidersAustralian Golden Orb Weaver Australian Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) Backobourkines Banded Garden Spider Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) Cytaea sp Desert Huntsman Spider Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) Hackled Orb-weavers Hortophora sp Long-jawed Orb Weavers Long-tailed St. Andrew’s Cross Spider Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp) Red-headed Mouse Spider Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) Wall Spider (Oecobius sp)
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