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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Jan 16, 2011

I found this one on a playground in Richmond (Melbourne).
The body is about 2 cm and it looks like it was guarding a nest or something like that. So probably female...
Unfortunately I was not even with Google able to identify it.
It might be a tent-web spider or an orb weaving spider, but I am not sure...
Any help highly appreciated.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jan 17, 2011

This is a golden silk orb weaver (family Nephilidae) in the genus Nephila (see http://tinyurl.com/3c43ww). See Nephila ZZ310 at http://tinyurl.com/4qegpdu for a specimen similar to yours. These spiders formerly were placed among the orb weavers in the family Araneidae

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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Jan 17, 2011

Thank you :-)

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