Araneidae – Cyrtophora moluccensis – Tent Web Weaver

Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Infraorder Araneomorphae; Family Araneidae (Orb-weavers); Scientific name: Cyrtophora moluccensis; Common name: Tent Web Weaver; Alternative common names: Tent Spider, or Tent-web Orb-weaver – Female - Distribution in Australia: northernmost and easternmost Australia between Kimberley Region in Western Australia and south-eastern New South Wales; apparently also in south-western WA where this images was taken – Distribution outside Australia: throughout Papua New Guinea, Moluccas and throughout western Pacific Islands including new Caledonia  - Photographed: in Bindoo Hill Nature Reserve north-east of Mullewa, South Australia.