Stirling Range National Park SpidersBackobourkia sp (Orb-weaver) Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider) Hortophora sp (Australasian Garden-Orb Weaver)

There are spiders to be seen throughout the Stirling Range National Park. Some will be obvious, hanging from large webs that are strung out between shrubs and trees, whilst others will be hiding motionless among the flowers and on leaves, these most likely being ambush predators.

Backobourkia sp (Garden Orb-weaver Spider), Stirling Range National Park WA © Julie Schofield
Backobourkia sp (Garden Orb-weaver Spider), Stirling Range National Park WA © Julie Schofield
Hortophora sp (Australasian Garden-Orb Weaver), Stirling Range National Park WA © Julie Schofield
Hortophora sp (Australasian Garden-Orb Weaver), Stirling Range National Park WA © Julie Schofield
Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider), Stirling Range National Park WA © Julie Schofield
Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider), Stirling Range National Park WA © Julie Schofield

This section is a work in progress…


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Infraorder: Entelegynae
  • Superfamily: Araneoidea
  • Family: Araneidae

Footnote & References

  1. Spiders Photographs © Julie Schofield

Stirling Range National Park SpidersBackobourkia sp (Orb-weaver) Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider) Hortophora sp (Australasian Garden-Orb Weaver)

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