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St Andrew's Cross Spider

Argiope Keyserlingi

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

An adult male St Andrew's Cross Spider is about 15mm long from tip to tip. It is much smaller than an adult female and has no distinctive markings on the body or thorax. It is however, an attractive spider with its legs paired together.

Habitat:

Young Casuarina tree

Notes:

This is an orb web weaver spider from the family Araneidae

Reference Links:

St Andrew's Cross Spider - Argiope Keyserlingi (former Argiope aetherea)

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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