Comments & ID Thoughts
No idea
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- Submitted: May 14, 2023
- Photographed: Mar 29, 2023
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bermagui, Australia
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Looks like Trichonephila edulis, Australian Golden Orbweavers. The big one is female. There is another at the top of the photo, much smaller. That’s a male trying to court her or one that has already mated with her. The females sometimes let the males survive after mating and allow them to live in their webs with them. Her golden silk is visible in your photo.
Trichonephila edulis, the Golden Orb-weaver