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

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Oh..such a nice follow up! Great pictures and awesome moments for the spider :-) Posted 2 years ago
1. Ruth S
  
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  I'll continue monitoring daily for developments. Posted 2 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

How wonderful! Posted 2 years ago
1. Ruth S
  
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  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 2 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
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    Definitely! It's impossible to predict, but still great fun and joy to be had from spotting them and the egg sac! Posted 2 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Great photo Ruth Posted 2 years ago
1. Ruth S
  
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  Thank you. Posted 2 years ago

The St Andrews Cross Spider

''Argiope keyserlingi'' is a common species of orb-web spider found on the east coast of Australia, from central New South Wales to southern Queensland. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related north Queensland species, ''Argiope aetherea''.

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Ruth S