Argiope keyserlingi mating and egg sac

This past week, I've been observing a St. Andrew's Cross female and happened to visit her when she had a tiny male suitor. Then a day or so after, I saw that she had produced this egg sac.

Female body length 15 mm. Main body of egg sac 20 mm length.

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Patomarazul

Lion

Oh..such a nice follow up! Great pictures and awesome moments for the spider :-) Posted 3 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
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  I'll continue monitoring daily for developments. Posted 3 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

How wonderful! Posted 3 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
  Lion
  
  Always nice to come across moments such as this. My only regret is that I didn't have enough time to wait for the actual mating - could have been in the next 5 minutes or 5 hours. Great fun watching him maneuvering all around her though. Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Definitely! It's impossible to predict, but still great fun and joy to be had from spotting them and the egg sac! Posted 3 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Great photo Ruth Posted 3 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
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  Thank you. Posted 3 years ago

The St Andrews cross spider

"Argiope keyserlingi" is a species of orb-web spider found on the east coast of Australia, from Victoria to northern Queensland. It is very similar in appearance to a closely related north Queensland species, "Argiope aetherea".

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Ruth Spigelman