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St Andrew's Cross Spider

Argiope Keyserlingi

Photo by ShannaB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

The second shot is a close up of the smaller spider in the web... possibly the male?

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St Andrew's Cross Spider - Argiope Keyserlingi

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Ashish
This specie has very similar look with Indian... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6251671
Wild Things
Beautiful. I guess the smaller one is a male.
Apple
Yes, very likely the male since a male Argiope will set up a smaller web behind the females's web.

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International Spider Survey
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Wilds of South-East Queensland
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Nature in Yellow
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 23, 2012

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