The Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora sp.) belong to a group of spiders with over 100 known species in Australia.
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora transmarine), near Goulburn, NSW 
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora transmarine), near Goulburn, NSW 
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora transmarine), near Goulburn, NSW
One of the more commonly seen Garden Orb Weaving Spiders are Eriophora biapicata and Eriphora transmarine. They tend to be a stout, reddish-brown or grey in colour, with a leaf-shaped pattern on their large roundish abdomens, which also have two noticeable humps towards the front. They sometimes have a dorsal stripe that can be white or brown edged with white.
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora transmarine), near Goulburn, NSW
Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora biapicata), near Goulburn, NSW
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Eriophora
- Species: E. transmarina
- Binomial name: Eriophora transmarina
- Synonyms:
- Epeira transmarina
- Epeira viridis
- Epeira producta
- Epeira thyridota
- Epeira capitalis
- Araneus productus
- Aranea producta
- Araneus capitalis
- Araneus transmarinus
Footnote & References
- Garden Orb Weaving Spiders, Author Dr Mike Gray, 3 December 2020, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/garden-orb-weaving-spiders/