Argiope keyserlingi

St Andrew's Cross Spider at Greigs Flat, NSW

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Identification history

	Argiope keyserlingi	24 Dec 2020	KimPullen
	Unidentified	24 Dec 2020	KylieWaldon

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User's notes

bizarre web.. bizarre looking spider

2 comments

JackieMiles wrote:

24 Dec 2020

St Andrews Cross, they always hang like that with their legs in pairs, and have those white bits, called stabilimentum, in the web, purpose unknown I think. But I'll leave it to someone more familiar with spiders to get it to species for you.

KylieWaldon wrote:

24 Dec 2020

thanks jackie. never seen one before.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
24 Dec 2020 11:30 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Argiope keyserlingi Scientific name
St Andrew's Cross Spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 674.47m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Argiope keyserlinga