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title: "Multi-coloured Saint Andrew's Cross Spider"
description: "Argiope versicolor — Insects & spiders. Argiope versicolor, the multi-coloured Saint Andrew's cross spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider found mostly in Southeast Asia, from China to Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/multi-coloured-saint-andrew-s-cross-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Multi-coloured Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

> Argiope versicolor — Insects & spiders. Argiope versicolor, the multi-coloured Saint Andrew's cross spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider found mostly in Southeast Asia, from China to Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Argiope versicolor*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 622
- Wikidata: [Q2183748](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2183748)
- iNaturalist taxon: [210505](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/210505)

## Names

- en: Multi-coloured Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

## Countries with the most observations

ID (349), MY (46), SG (4)

## Summary

Argiope versicolor, the multi-coloured Saint Andrew's cross spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider found mostly in Southeast Asia, from China to Indonesia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_versicolor

## Photo

![Multi-coloured Saint Andrew's Cross Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/multi-coloured-saint-andrew-s-cross-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259015263

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/multi-coloured-saint-andrew-s-cross-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).