Found this in my garden today in Sydney, Australia (specifically Lane Cove). Can you tell me what it is?
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Sign up to join this communityI believe it is a Garden Orb Weaver spider. The Australian garden orb weaver, Eriophora transmarina, has a strikingly similar body
It looks like Neoscona Crucifera to me, but I could be wrong.
Here is a picture of her:
Another one, only this is more of the web: