This is a golden orb weaver that I photographed in Centennial Park. Isn't she a sweetie? There's a very pretty one in our back yard. Her abdomen is quite swollen now as its almost time to lay her eggs. Sadly she will then die. Body length of this type of spider is up to 4cm for the female, although this lady looked bigger. They build fabulously huge webs, of the creepy old mansion variety. The males are tiny, about 1/10th the size of the female.
This year, because we've had such a wet summer and autumn, the spiders have delayed their mating and egg laying and over the last month or so there has been a web building frenzy. A very pretty spider and one of my favourites.
And no, they are not poisonous to humans, indeed are quite reluctant to bite.
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