Garden Orb Weaver

Description:

This spider is quite large and at the top range of sizes for this species. 4cm I think. The large bodied sedentary seeming spider found hanging in webs across pathways is usually the female

Habitat:

Forests and gardens where there is enough undisturbed air space to throw their huge webs up over night.

Notes:

I am not always sure of which Eriophera it is in a photo