Araneidae (family)

Orb weaver at Hawker, ACT

Araneidae (family) at Hawker, ACT - 24 Sep 2019
Araneidae (family) at Hawker, ACT - 24 Sep 2019
Araneidae (family) at Hawker, ACT - 24 Sep 2019
Araneidae (family) at Hawker, ACT - 24 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Araneidae (family) 7 Jan 2025 EmmaCollins
Deliochus sp. (genus) 7 Jan 2025 EmmaCollins
Hortophora sp. (genus) 1 Mar 2020 AlisonMilton

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I am confident of my ID. I watched a female guarding her egg sac in my front yard for months. When they hatched, this is what they looked like. (Though my reported sighting of the hatchlings has never been confirmed.)

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EmmaCollins wrote:
   7 Jan 2025
It's very tricky to tell with spiderlings, I think these look more like Deliochus, however noting your observations Alison, we've ID'd as orb-weaver family.

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