Araneidae – Argiope ocyaloides – St Andrew’s Cross Spider

Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Infraorder Araneomorphae; Family Araneidae (Orb-weavers); Scientific name: Argiope ocyaloides; 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  into the north-easternmost part of New South Wales – Photographed: in June, in Port Warrender, in north-eastern Kimberley, Western Australia.