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SUE_G Melbourne, Australia Feb 21, 2010

Can anyone tell me what this spider is that turned up in our garden in Melbourne please? The body is about 2cm across and is quite dome-shaped. The white stripe is very distinctive.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Feb 21, 2010

This is an orb weaving spider (family Araneidae); it might be an Eriophora sp. - see http://tinyurl.com/y8fv2df for an example. All orb weavers are harmless to humans.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Feb 21, 2010

I think that this is the Orb-weaving spider - Eriophora transmarina: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/2371/

There is usually no white central stripe, but here is one of my pictures showing the white stripe

Kennedy

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Feb 21, 2010

Here is another Eriophora transmarina clearly showing the typical back markings

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