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title: "Bark-hugging Saint Andrew's Cross Spider"
description: "Argiope ocyaloides — Insecten en spinnen. Argiope ocyaloides is a species of orb-web spider found in Queensland, Australia."
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last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bark-hugging Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

> Argiope ocyaloides — Insecten en spinnen. Argiope ocyaloides is a species of orb-web spider found in Queensland, Australia.

- Scientific name: *Argiope ocyaloides*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 698
- Wikidata: [Q2095775](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2095775)
- iNaturalist taxon: [349102](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/349102)

## Names

- en: Bark-hugging Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (688)

## Summary

Argiope ocyaloides is a species of orb-web spider found in Queensland, Australia. It is commonly known as bark-hugging St Andrews cross spider. Argiope ocyaloides can be found in crevices of dark coloured bark on eucalypt, acacia, or similar trees. It is smaller than most other species of Argiope and is dark brown to black in colour. The abdomen of Argiope ocyaloides is long with a pointed tip whereas the similar species Argiope mascordi has a shorter abdomen with rounded tip.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249278852

## Machine access

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