Araneidae — Orb WeaversAcroaspis Orb Weavers Image Index Argiope protensa Australian Golden Orb Weaver Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora spp) Hortophora sp Ordgarius Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus)

The family Araneidae, are a group of Orbweavers or Araneids, whose species include those that build the spiral wheel-shaped webs. Pictured here is a spider from the genus Hortophora.

Orbweaver Spider (family Araneidae), Alice Springs NT
Hortophora sp (Orbweaver Spider), Alice Springs NT
Orbweaver Spider (family Araneidae), Alice Springs NT
Hortophora sp (Orbweaver Spider), Alice Springs NT
Orbweaver Spider (family Araneidae), Alice Springs NT
Hortophora sp (Orbweaver Spider), Alice Springs NT
Orbweaver Spider (family Araneidae), Alice Springs NT
Hortophora sp (Orbweaver Spider), Alice Springs NT

Following is the underside of a deceased Hortophora species.

Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers (genus Hortophora), Alice Springs NT
Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers (genus Hortophora), Alice Springs NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Infraorder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Araneidae
  • Genus: Hortophora
  • Species:
    • Hortophora biapicata (L. Koch, 1871)
    • Hortophora cucullus Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
    • Hortophora lodicula (Keyserling, 1887)
    • Hortophora megacantha Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
    • Hortophora porongurup Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
    • Hortophora tatianeae Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
    • Hortophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865)
    • Hortophora urbana (Keyserling, 1887)
    • Hortophora walesiana (Karsch, 1878)
    • Hortophora yesabah Framenau & Castanheira, 2021

Footnote & References

  1. Many thanks to Ben Kurek for ID, member of iNaturalistAU, Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers (Genus Hortophora), ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/209572274
  2. Hortophora Framenau & Castanheira, 2021, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Hortophora

Araneidae — Orb WeaversAcroaspis Orb Weavers Image Index Argiope protensa Australian Golden Orb Weaver Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora spp) Hortophora sp Ordgarius Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus)

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