Garden orb weaver

A week or so ago I got a pic of this guy in his spectacular web. Today's web was looking a bit scrappy, but he was hanging about lower down so I got a couple of good shots of him... Here you go - our 'pet' garden orb weaver...

[Miley]

Cool shot.

[Megan Richardson]

great shots, I was torn between my fungus and an orb weaver and web today!

[Janna E.]

Scary... Great diptych! Would be perfect for Halloween...

[Britt Gow]

I wonder if you call your pet spider Charlotte too? Alia, while in Gin Gin I saw three large green parrots with black bands around their neck - any idea what they might be? Wasn't quick enough to get a photo, sorry.

[cglist]

Nice detail!

[Drew]

Nice shots. Love the red legs.

[FaerieMoon]

He's so pretty!! I love the colours. He (she?) looks smaller than ours here--how big?

[Margaret Tryon]

Amazing capture.

[Courtney]

FANTASTIC shots of him! Wow!

[Barbara Warner]

Very scary. Great capture!

[marg]

Ewww but in an appreciative way.

[Yoella Offir]

Wow. Fantastic close up of him.

[Pyrrhula]

Amezing beautiful. You did a fantastic job.

[Peter Auliciems]

good closeup

[Kass]

Fantastic - but makes me feel a bit creepy.

[rnardino]

Amazing - great color and detail.

[Katrina Cristy]

Wow, you are brave! Awesome shot & detail!

[Maxine Melson]

Really cool shot and colours

[alia_801]

@brittgow Hi Britt, The closest match I can find in my bird book is an indian ringneck: http://www.featheredkids.com/newt2d.html - does that match what you saw?

[alia_801]

@clarissajohal I'd estimate 7-8cm leg-to-leg. No idea how you tell whose male or female in the spidey world, though I think females are usually larger so this could well be a she... How big is your spider?

[Kim]

fabulous shot, little to close for comfort for me though ;)