Hortophora sp. (genus)

Garden orb weaver at Deakin, ACT

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Identification history

	Hortophora sp. (genus)	16 Apr 2019	KimPullen
	Hortophora sp. (genus)	15 Apr 2019	JonSteinbeck

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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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Location information

Coordinates 149.103323 -35.326058
Altitude 641.7m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
Places Deakin, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
6 Apr 2019 09:37 PM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Hortophora sp. (genus) Scientific name
Garden orb weaver Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1242.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Eriophora sp. (genus) (Garden Orb-weaver)

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