Spiders
Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Sighting 4481570

Argiope ocyaloides

Capalaba, QLD

Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
Argiope ocyaloides at Capalaba, QLD - 26 Mar 2023 10:07 AM
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Identification history

Argiope ocyaloides 20 May 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Argiope (genus) 5 Apr 2023 TimL

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User's notes

Two Bark Hugging St Andrew's Cross Spiders in their characteristic webs. The first spider is shown in the first three images and the second in images four and five. The webs were about 15cm apart on the side of a tree.

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Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Argiope ocyaloides Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 34.7m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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