Araneidae – Argiope aetherea – St. Andrew’s Cross Spider

Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Infraorder Araneomorphae; Family Araneidae (Orb-weavers); Scientific name: Argiope aetherea; Common name: St Andrew’s Cross Spider –Female - Distribution in Australia: northern and eastern Australia between Kimberley Region of Western Australia, through the Top End of the Northern Territory, eastern Queensland and  north-eastern New South Wales, with couple records from further south – Also in Papua New Guinea, Fiji and islands of western Pacific – Photographed: in May at Mount Hart Station in Kimberley, Western Australia.