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title: "Australian Garden Orb Weaver"
description: "Hortophora transmarina — Insetti e ragni. The Australian garden orb weaver spider (Hortophora transmarina) is a very common species of spider with many variants in size, shape, and colour across the coastal and northern regions of Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/australian-garden-orb-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Australian Garden Orb Weaver

> Hortophora transmarina — Insetti e ragni. The Australian garden orb weaver spider (Hortophora transmarina) is a very common species of spider with many variants in size, shape, and colour across the coastal and northern regions of Australia.

- Scientific name: *Hortophora transmarina*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 5411
- iNaturalist taxon: [1308424](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1308424)

## Names

- en: Australian Garden Orb Weaver

## Countries with the most observations

AU (972), NC (35)

## Summary

The Australian garden orb weaver spider (Hortophora transmarina) is a very common species of spider with many variants in size, shape, and colour across the coastal and northern regions of Australia. They have very large abdomens when well-fed and exhibit a tremendous colour-range from off-white through tan, brown to almost black. They have a roughly leaf-shaped pattern on the top of their abdomen with a complex outline that is darker than the surrounding area. There may also be several whitish spots or one or more stripes. The spiders' cephalothoraxes (heads) and proximal (closer to the body) leg segments are usually…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_garden_orb_weaver_spider

## Photo

![Australian Garden Orb Weaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-garden-orb-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139731170

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-garden-orb-weaver?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).