Araneidae – Argiope keyserlingi – St Andrew’s Cross Spider

Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Infraorder Araneomorphae; Family Araneidae (Orb-weavers); Scientific name: Argiope keyserlingi; Common name: St Andrew’s Cross Spider –Dorsal view of a male with the female in a ventral view in the background - Distribution in Australia: present in all mainland states and northern Tasmania; absent in arid and semi-arid areas of the centre – Also on Lord Howe Island, in Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu – Photographed: in May at Mount Hart Station in Kimberley, Western Australia.