Araneus diadematus, female adult. I like the photo. She’s hunting for big insects that fly or jump. She’ll be happy to eat the little insects too. A common name in USA for them is Cross Orbweaver because of the cross-shaped mark on the abdomen. If you know of a more common name for them in Europe, please let us know. She’s very wide because her eggs are nearly full-sized inside her. Soon she’ll oviposit them and she’ll be much smaller. The egg sack will be about the size of her abdomen and will look like pale cotton candy.
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Araneus diadematus, female adult. I like the photo. She’s hunting for big insects that fly or jump. She’ll be happy to eat the little insects too. A common name in USA for them is Cross Orbweaver because of the cross-shaped mark on the abdomen. If you know of a more common name for them in Europe, please let us know. She’s very wide because her eggs are nearly full-sized inside her. Soon she’ll oviposit them and she’ll be much smaller. The egg sack will be about the size of her abdomen and will look like pale cotton candy.
It is a Araneus diadematus, TangledWeb is spot on, here in Ireland we call them Garden Cross Orb Spiders, in Europe its Common Garden Orb Spider.