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Giant orb spider.

Backobourkia heroine

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A large orb spider with ornate patterns on the abdomen.

Habitat:

Among flowering tea tree on the roadside.

Notes:

this large orb spider was too big for my close up lens and when I ran off to get my sensible lens, she ran off too.

http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/124.htm

http://eol.org/data_objects/25775386

Reference Links:

Backobourkia - Information on Backobourkia, Thumbnails Australian spiders

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
MartinL
Thanks Colin Seems to be B. heroine http://eol.org/pages/1195163/overview
ColinR
Unbelievable! Beautiful pattern
MartinL
Backobourkia. That looks correct, Thank you Ernst.
Jae
Wow great shots, Martin.

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PublishedOctober 29, 2014

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