orb weaving spider from south east Australia

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countrykid Beaconsfield Upper, Australia Jan 14, 2008

Order: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Araneus
Species: hamilltoni

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jan 14, 2008

countrykid,
that is a great picture of the spider, but I am not sure about its identity. Where did you get the name Araneus hamiltoni from? It looks to me identical to the spider identified for me by David Hurst of South Australia Museum as Araneus fuliginatus.
Follow this link to the page for Araneus fuliginatus, which contains my images of that species: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4979/

Let me know what you think and I will then show you how to add your image to that web page,

Ken

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