Woodlands Historic Park Spider

Sooty Orb-weaver Spider at Woodlands Historic Park
Sooty Orb-weaver, late Sep. (by Andrew Allen)

Classification

Maximum Length: female 11 mm, male 7 mm.

Infraorder Araneomorphae - Spiders with Opposing Fangs
Family Araneidae - Orb weavers, 232 named species in Australia
Sub-family aranaeia - Classic Orb weavers
Genus Cyclosa
Species Cyclosa fuliginata group (A group of species which are hard to distinguish)