Miss Tiggywinkle
Striped weaver
This female spider, called a "St Andrews Cross", was seen in the Camellia Gardens, Caringbah. It appears that she's only just begun to spin her web.
St Andrew's Cross Spiders are named for the bluish-white cross-shaped pattern of silk through the centre of the web resembling the St Andrew's cross on the Scottish flag. Females have a silver, yellow, red and black banded upper abdomen with two longitudinal yellow stripes below. The spider sits with the legs in pairs. The males are brown and cream coloured and much smaller. The web is medium-sized orb web, occupied day and night, on low shrubby vegetation. Young spiders are tan or creamy brown in colour and do not make a cross-shaped pattern in their web. Female size is 10 - 16 mm body length, male 3 - 4 mm.
Striped weaver
This female spider, called a "St Andrews Cross", was seen in the Camellia Gardens, Caringbah. It appears that she's only just begun to spin her web.
St Andrew's Cross Spiders are named for the bluish-white cross-shaped pattern of silk through the centre of the web resembling the St Andrew's cross on the Scottish flag. Females have a silver, yellow, red and black banded upper abdomen with two longitudinal yellow stripes below. The spider sits with the legs in pairs. The males are brown and cream coloured and much smaller. The web is medium-sized orb web, occupied day and night, on low shrubby vegetation. Young spiders are tan or creamy brown in colour and do not make a cross-shaped pattern in their web. Female size is 10 - 16 mm body length, male 3 - 4 mm.