Argiope keyserlingi spiderlings

I am confident of the species of these spiderlings as I have been observing a female Argiope keyserlingi that has been at this location for several weeks. She disappeared one day and what I assumed was an egg sac was there. Then on this day, the spiderlings appeared.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Cool observation and well captured as always. I wonder if these spiderlings will be randomly dispersed by the wind? Posted 2 days ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
  Lion
  
  Good question. Within just a couple of hours of taking this shot, they were all almost gone. It was a really good location in that regard. We live on an elevated, exposed bluff overlooking a forest, so all of that lay before them plus uninterrupted range for miles more. Posted 2 days ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I once read that some orbweaver spiderlings spread by attaching themselves to a string of web and then let the wind do the rest. Wherever they land they set up shop, even if it's a bad place. Not sure if this is true of all spider species though, but it seems you live in a great place for this strategy to work. Posted yesterday

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