St Andrew's Cross spider
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Argiope keyserlingi is found on the east coast of Australia, from central New South Wales to northern Queensland. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related north Queensland species, Argiope aetherea. A. keyserlingi is commonly found in large populations in suburban parks and gardens. It shows considerable sexual size dimorphism, with the females being many times larger than the males. This spider is commonly known as the St Andrew's Cross spider, due to the construction of bands of silk forming the arms of an X-shaped cross, similar to the one upon which St. Andrew is traditionally said to have been crucified.
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| class | Arachnida | |
| order | Araneae | |
| family | Araneidae | |
| genus | Argiope | |
| species | A. keyserlingi |
