Enamel Spider -female

Description:

This spider is about 15mm in total, with a beautifully marked dorsal side of the abdomen - a double "v" shaped cream coloured marking on a black background and other cream spots on the back and sides. It does look like its made of enamel. The web was slightly damaged.

Habitat:

garden - about 3 feet off the ground

Notes:

This is one of the garden orb-weaver spiders and is common in southern Australia. Please refer to the web links for information on the web's stabilimentum. http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide...