Eeek spider! Anyone know what this is?

[thanners]

edit: apparently it's some sort of [Garden Orb Weaver].

So, there's this spider that's been just hanging about, doing its thing outside my house for over a week. No-one else seems as freaked or fascinated by it as me. Anyway, just wondered whether anyone knows what sort of spider it is?

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[sunshine95]

I just heard of a Flickr group where you can post stuff to be identified. You could try them: ID Please.

Also, ew. =P

[thanners]

Mmm, that seems like a fairly handy group.

In any case, with some assistance from friends at work and Google, it appears to be some form of [Garden Orb Weaver]. Or at least, the information I can find on that seems to yield pictures that are similar-ish, and the behaviour seems about the same (sits on its web upside-down at night, web is gone by morning).

[sunshine95]

Well, glad you figured it out! And it appears that someone on ID Please has corroborated your answer.