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St Andrews Cross Spider

Argiope keyserlingi

St Andrews Cross Spider
 

Identification
Full size - 50 cent piece; leg diameter - pin. Flat, ornately coloured abdomen with transverse stripes and silver head and banded legs. Several species.

Habitat
Garden. Most common summer. Australia-wide.

Web
Circle with whitish cross.

Bite
Mild local pain.

Notes
Common food of Friar birds.

 

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