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St Andrews Cross Spider

Argiope keyserlingi

Photo by lmdang
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Argiope keyserlingi

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St. Andrew's Cross Spider

Argiope aetherea

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Steffi
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St Andrew's Cross spider

Argiope keyserlingi

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Ashish
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Comments (5)
Atul
i think i have a similar spotting whats amazing is these spiders have a zig zag pattern on their webs
Steffi
Thanks for the correction, Ashish! I figured it was probably one of the two, but I can't tell them apart!
Ashish
Diameter of this spider(legs spreads) is less than 2 " means its Argiope keyserlingi. Argiope aetherea is a bigger spider.
lmdang
Thanks, Ashish & Steffi. Geez, it's really hard to tell - they all look alike!
Ashish
Steffi check closely body structure is not of Argiope aetherea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Argiope.species.2.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Argiope_keyserlingi.jpg

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PublishedJuly 1, 2011

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