Animal's Details

Scientific Name
Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841)
Category
Arachnida
Created on Date
2024-09-26 13:30:11
Common Name
Cross spider
Synonym(s)
Cross srpide
Family
Araneidae
Status
Live
Description

Yellowish brown cephalothorax; dark brown legs; abdomen white and grey; Cephalothorax have irregular yellowish patches; Abdomen is oval with dorsally grayish white stripes and ventrally black brown with yellow stripes.

The female is larger than make often reaching 25-30 mm while the make tends to stop growing at 5-8 mm.

These spiders are found largely in South west Asian countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. They can also be seen in India, Sri lanka, China, northern Austrillia, and southern Japan.