Bush Orb-weaver:

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)

Order:

Spiders (Araneae)

Family:

Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae)

Species:

Bush Orb-weaver (Backobourkia sp ES01)

This Photo:

Other name:

Garden Orb-weaver

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
These spiders have some large projections on their back (3 main ones) that are nearly impossible to see unless viewed in profile.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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