Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: What spider is this? Purple and Orange from Maurituis, 1 by manimani

manimani wrote:
Hello,

I went to Maurituis on Holiday and I saw so many of these spiders, if there was any trees, you could be sure to see up to five webs just by looking, their webs are on average anything from half a metre to a metre in diameter, the spiders them selves are on average half ( to two thirds) the size of an adult hand. They are purple with orange stripes (or orange with purple stripes depending on your view). Does anyone know anything about them? Are they dangerous? What are they, any information would be apprieciated.

Im sorry about the blurred photo, I was too scared to get close for a clear photo! The sun was also very bright.

Thank you

:)