Orb Weaver Spiders

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Multi-Coloured St. Andrew's Cross Spider (1a - Dorsal)

Family: Araneidae (Orb-Weaver Spiders)
Species: Argiope versicolor (Doleschall, 1859)

Location: Singapore Quarry

Argiope spiders make webs which are suspended vertically 1-2 m from the ground.

The web of mature female spiders of this genus can be easily recognised by the X-shaped zig-zag bands of white silk in the centre of the web.

The brilliantly coloured spider with silvery hair on the carapace sits head down in the centre of the web, and holds its legs in pairs in such a way that they appear to be aligned to the four arms of the letter 'X'.

Source: "A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders" by Joseph K. H. Koh

Araneidae, Argiope versicolor, Multi-Coloured St. Andrew's Cross Spider

Multi-Coloured St. Andrew's Cross Spider (1a - Dorsal)

Family: Araneidae (Orb-Weaver Spiders)
Species: Argiope versicolor (Doleschall, 1859)

Location: Singapore Quarry

Argiope spiders make webs which are suspended vertically 1-2 m from the ground.

The web of mature female spiders of this genus can be easily recognised by the X-shaped zig-zag bands of white silk in the centre of the web.

The brilliantly coloured spider with silvery hair on the carapace sits head down in the centre of the web, and holds its legs in pairs in such a way that they appear to be aligned to the four arms of the letter 'X'.

Source: "A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders" by Joseph K. H. Koh