Araneidae – Cyrtophora crassipes – Fat-legged Tent-web Spider

Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Infraorder Araneomorphae; Family Araneidae (Orb-weavers); Scientific name: Cyrtophora crassipes; Common name: Fat-legged Tent Web-weaver;  Alternative common name: Fat-legged Tent-web Orb-weaver – Female - Distribution in Australia: south-western Western Australia, south-eastern South Australia, throughout Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, and in south-eastern Queensland - Photographed: in Adelaide Hills, South Australia.