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Lamensterms Pakenham, Australia Feb 01, 2012

Hey guys,

Here is another on.

Found at my parents place in south-east Australia.

Inside on the blinds.

Cheers.

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Feb 02, 2012

Wow! Is that real? It looks like something a kid would get as a prize out of a "gum ball" machine.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Feb 02, 2012

This could be a male orb weaver in the genus Eriophora - see http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/01/unidentified_spider_australia_iwi.jpg for a similar specimen.

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Lamensterms Pakenham, Australia Feb 02, 2012

haha, its certainly is real - does look pretty cool though.

Thanks a lot for the replies guys, here is another photo - im afraid i didnt get one from the front.

cheers.

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Lamensterms Pakenham, Australia Feb 02, 2012

Ps: ive got a few more photos of this one, happy to post them if anyone is interested.

cheers.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Feb 02, 2012

An interesting looking spider. I would like to see more of it.

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LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD Feb 03, 2012

oh, now that its down it does kinda look like an orbweaver of some type.

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LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD Feb 03, 2012

Eriophora transmarina maybe?
Highly variable in pattern, and the closest thing i can find =3.

http://www.sciencentre.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Spiders/Modern+Spiders+Infraorder+Araneomorphae/Orb-weaving+spiders/Garden+Orb+Web+Spiders

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Lamensterms Pakenham, Australia Feb 07, 2012

Hey again guys,

here is another photo - i had a few more photos, but most of them turned out blurry.

Cheers.

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