#argiope keyserlingi

[draakart]

Dish brush and sponge holder for one of my friends, complete with three paws and a spout.

Violets are a popular wlw symbol, so I carved on some native Aussie violets. Oh, and a bonus Saint Andrew's Cross spider too lol

[rattyexplores]

Two Gorgeous Orbweavers

Photo 1 - Plebs eburnus Photo 2 - Argiope keyserlingi

21/03/23

[playing-pig]

Don't worry! My friend will eat him for you! 🥰

This looks like if it’s about to give me at least one disease

[brayanc]

Argiope Keyserlingi 🕷🕸

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Geometry in the bush by tessab101 Male St Andrew’s Cross Spider on Haemodorum plant. [Springwood, Blue Mountains]. https://flic.kr/p/2ko88xA

[is-the-bug-video-cute]

What do you think of argiope keyserlingi? It's my favorite spider, I saw a lot of them outside around my parents house when I was a kid :)

Stunning!! And quite similar to one of my favorite species, Argiope bruennichi :D

(yours is on the left, mine is on the right)

[onenicebugperday]

@w0nkkkk submitted: this spider has been chilling outside our house ever since me and my family moved in like a month ago! they’ve barely moved whatsoever and they just chill against the window all the time. i think at this point they are a permanent residence at our home :•)

location: sydney, nsw, australia

She is lovely! She's a Saint Andrew's cross spider, Argiope keyserlingi. Females don't really have a reason to move much - it's the males who go around searching out a mate. Females just stay in their web and catch delicious meals. Males are of course considerably smaller. Here's a male and female together:

I love her tiny boyfriend :) Photo by bim186

[animalfacthub]

St Andrews Cross Spider!

The St Andrews Cross spider is a non-aggressive and not toxic to humans despite being from Australia

They get their name from their unique web pattern that looks like a cross

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📷1: “Female St Andrew's Cross Spider - Argiope keyserlingi.jpg” by James Niland on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

📷2: “Argiope keyserlingi, St Andrew's Cross Spider, Sydney.JPG” by Stu's Images on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

📷3: “St Andrew's Cross Spiders” by Tatters ✾ on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

[baggytrousers27]

Funnily enough this is exactly what the St. Andrews Cross spider does.

Argiope keyserlingi puts these wiggly cross bits in the web that fluoresce in the ultraviolet spectrum and ward off predators whilst attracting prey.

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[paul-manjooran]

The #St.AndrewsCrossSpider (#Argiope keyserlingi) is a common species of #orb-webspider found commonly throughout indian subcontinent and most of other countries .The St. Andrew’s #Cross #spider is very similar in appearance to the closely related Argiope aetherea (another common, large orb-web spider). The #X #shape is called the St. Andrew’s cross because it is believed that the saint was #martyred on a cross of this shape rather than the conventional cross shape. The #bite of the St Andrews Cross Spider is of #lowrisk to humans. St Andrews Cross Spiders are a non-aggressive group of spiders.

[mbdr]

Argiope keyserlingi Spider Argiope keyserlingi is a common species of orb-web spider found on the east coast of Australia, from central New South Wales to northern Queensland. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related north Queensland species, Argiope aetherea. Higher classification: Argiope Scientific name: Argiope keyserlingi Phylum: Arthropoda Order: Spider . Follow @mbe_offcial . #spider #argiopekeyserlingi #argiope #nature #naturephotography #wonderworld #amazing #species #web #naturephotography #naturelovers #littlecaesars #awesome #perfect https://www.instagram.com/p/CGAmt-TAf1P/?igshid=1mit2tsmg4kxd

[aldalynnin]

Argiope keyserlingi

[dianaashworth]

The writing spider?

To calm my nerves my daughter, who is staying in Australia, writes that she has been clearing the cobwebs from the outside of the house!

Today she sent me a picture of the St Andrew’s Cross Spider (one of her neighbours) :

Australian St Andrew’s Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi) ventral view.

If its back were showing you would see dramatic (wasp like) bands of yellow and black. She shows…

[nunoxaviermoreira]

The elaborate weavings of an Orb Spider by jungle mama The right moment! The right light! And there was its creator, in glowing gold and black, spanning it assertively. The genus Argiope includes rather large spiders that often have a strikingly colored abdomen. Most countries in tropical or temperate climates host one or more species that are similar in appearance. The etymology of Argiope is from a Latin word argentum meaning silver. The carapace of Argiope species is typically covered in silvery hairs. The average orb web is practically invisible, and it is easy to blunder into one and end up covered with a sticky web. The visible pattern of banded silk made by Argiope is pure white, and some species make an "X" form, or a zigzag type of web (often with a hollow centre). The spider then aligns one pair of its legs with each of the four lines in the hollow "X", making a complete "X" of white lines with a very eye-catching spider forming its centre. The zigzag patterns, called stabilimenta, reflect UV light. They have been shown to play a role in attracting prey to the web, and possibly in preventing its destruction by large animals. The centres of their large webs are often just under 1 metre above the ground, so they are too low for anything much larger than a rabbit to walk under. The overtness of the spider and its web thus has been speculated to prevent larger creatures from accidentally destroying the web and possibly crushing the spider underfoot. Other studies suggest that the stabilimenta may actually lead predators to the spider; species such as A. keyserlingi place their web predominantly in closed, complex habitats such as among sedges. As Argiope sit in the center of their web during the day, they have developed several responses to predators, such as dropping off the web, retreating to the periphery of the web, or even rapidly pumping the web in bursts of up to 30 seconds. Orb Spider, Biscayne Park, FL www.susanfordcollins.com https://flic.kr/p/2gr2dic

[onenicebugperday]

Hi! I found this nice spidey friend in my backyard! I think it's an Argiope? But I could be wrong, this was taken in Victoria, Australia!

Also thank you for your blog, I absolutely love it!

Thank you! And you’re right, it’s an argiope. A Saint Andrew’s cross spider, Argiope keyserlingi. A fun fact about argiopes is that if you see one, you will have a good day. I don’t make the rules. Thank you for submitting!

[plant-rant]

St. Andrew's Cross spider caught some dinner.