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St Andrews Cross Spider

Argiope keyserlingi

2 Species ID Suggestions

Steffi
Steffi 12 years ago
St. Andrew's Cross Spider
Argiope aetherea Argiope aetherea
Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
St Andrew's Cross spider
Argiope keyserlingi Argiope keyserlingi


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5 Comments

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

i think i have a similar spotting whats amazing is these spiders have a zig zag pattern on their webs

Steffi
Steffi 12 years ago

Thanks for the correction, Ashish! I figured it was probably one of the two, but I can't tell them apart!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Diameter of this spider(legs spreads) is less than 2 " means its Argiope keyserlingi. Argiope aetherea is a bigger spider.

lmdang
lmdang 12 years ago

Thanks, Ashish & Steffi. Geez, it's really hard to tell - they all look alike!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Steffi check closely body structure is not of Argiope aetherea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Argiop...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Argiop...

lmdang
Spotted by
lmdang

0822, Northern Territory, Australia

Spotted on Dec 28, 2008
Submitted on Jul 1, 2011

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