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Araneus hamiltoni
About 14mm long body. Intricate patterns on the abdomen. Banded legs. This one attending to some kind of bug.
Web was extended between tall grass stems in a suburban nature reserve.
Spotted on Oct 28, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013
4 Comments
That was what I said when I heard it. I am very not certain of that id either :-(
Plebs !!!? You're kidding... 8D
maybe Plebs cyphoxis
It looks like it may be a member of the new genus of Orb Weavers in Araneidae. It is called Plebs. I am not really sure of the data yet but there are references Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, 166, 279–341. MATHEW M. JOSEPH and VOLKER W. FRAMENAU