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title: "Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider"
description: "Argiope aetherea — Insecten en spinnen. Argiope aetherea is a common, large orb-web spider (family Araneidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/northern-saint-andrew-s-cross-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

> Argiope aetherea — Insecten en spinnen. Argiope aetherea is a common, large orb-web spider (family Araneidae).

- Scientific name: *Argiope aetherea*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2537
- Wikidata: [Q1304508](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304508)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202182)

## Names

- en: Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1848), VU (119), PG (25), ID (16), SB (12)

## Summary

Argiope aetherea is a common, large orb-web spider (family Araneidae). Like other species of Argiope, it is commonly known as the St Andrew's Cross spider, due to the characteristic cross-shaped web decorations female spiders often include in their webs. A. aetherea is similar in appearance to A. keyserlingi, however female A. aetherea are generally larger than A. keyserlingi. Like most orb-web spiders, A. aetherea shows considerable sexual size dimorphism, with females being many times larger than males.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: georgiasteel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289174688

## Machine access

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