Araneidae – Celaenia excavata – Bird dropping Spider

Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Infraorder Araneomorphae; Family Araneidae (Orb-weavers); Scientific name: Celaenia excavata; Common name: Bird-dropping Spider – Female - Distribution in Australia: present in Tasmania, and in all mainland states, absent in the arid and semi-arid regions of the centre, north-west and the Nullarbor plain – Photographed: in Perth suburb of Hamersley, Western Australia.