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Argiope trifasciata
A thin male example of the St Andrews Cross spider. He is missing a leg and might have survived some danger recently. His web was across the road from the female in the previous spotting .
A large strong web near the highway and in long grass.
The palps are typical of males. I have seen a male before, in Sydney and now, after this sighting, I am wondering if that sighting may be a juvenile.
Spotted on Feb 16, 2015
Submitted on Feb 16, 2015
4 Comments
:) I'd be happy if I was left with two.
Google images this and count legs ' "Argiope trifasciata" male '
Definitely looks like a male spider. They are a third the size of females and as Mark pointed out, most of the males seem to have legs missing !
http://www.spiders.us/species/argiope-tr...
Definitely male. You can tell by the number of legs missing (and the palps) Ha ha!