Hortophora sp. (genus)

Garden orb weaver at Deakin, ACT

Hortophora sp. (genus) at Deakin, ACT - 6 Apr 2019
Hortophora sp. (genus) at Deakin, ACT - 6 Apr 2019
Hortophora sp. (genus) at Deakin, ACT - 6 Apr 2019
Hortophora sp. (genus) at Deakin, ACT - 6 Apr 2019
Hortophora sp. (genus) at Deakin, ACT - 6 Apr 2019
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Hortophora sp. (genus) 16 Apr 2019 KimPullen
Hortophora sp. (genus) 15 Apr 2019 BIrdsinCanberra

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I also found this female Garden Orb Weaver in a partially destroyed spider web. I was able to see both sides of the spider. I thought it was repairing a broken web but I then noticed a black object it seemed to have at its fangs. Looking at the photographs later I guessed the object was an insect, which had been caught in the web. The web was in a bad way along the bottom threads but this spider was focussed on its food parcel.

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