Cyclosa species

Fact Box Species: Cyclosa species (VF) (perhaps Mascord's C. bifida) Family: Araneidae formerly Argiopidae Body length: female: 9 mm male: 5 mm Habitat: In a small circular orb web, sometimes with a line of insect debris running vertically through its centre Toxicity: This species is timid and may be too small to cause illness in humans

In its web

Note that the abdomen of this species lacks the obvious projections found on many other Cyclosa species.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Cyclosa insulana.