Female St Andrew's Cross Spider

No photos today because the rain is back again.

I took this photo a few days ago of the underside of a female St Andrew's Cross spider in our garden telling the world she is 'available'

I did see a male close by, they are much smaller than the females.

I will continue this tale tomorrow......

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great shot -- available or not - she gives me the creeps !

[Sharon Lee]

great capture , ❤️ the yellow stripes

[Kathy A]

Wow, amazing photo although I'm glad she's in your garden and not mine

[eDorre]

Cool shot! Can't wait for the rest of the story!

[Diana]

Great shot of this fabulous looking spider, looking forward to tomorrow ;-)

[tony gig]

Lovely detailed spider.

[julia]

Great detail.. nicely done..

[Valerie Chesney]

Super capture Babs.. we have a lot of them in our garden too.

[Ingrid]

What a great shot! Love all the detail!

[Wylie]

See if the little fella is brave enough to approach! Nice shot.

[Leli]

Great capture. Guess she'll be having someone for dinner soon.

[CC Folk]

Yikes! S-c-a-r-y!

[Susan Wakely]

Like the spider you have lured us in with promise of a story. A fine looking lady.

[Ethel]

Beautiful arachnid. We have had them both in Melbourne and Mallacoota. This is a ventral view and the little devils lie so close to the ground , it’s hard to get a dorsal view. Maybe that’s your story tomorrow.

[Rob Z]

Don't you love the way their legs follow the pattern on their web?

[Sylvia du Toit]

Well done

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful clear shot and the spider is lovely. I don't want it touching me though.

[Carole Sandford]

An excellent capture, but I wouldn’t want to meet her!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great details on the spider, she got a bit of a messy web lol. Looking forward to the follow up shots.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely detail in this one Babs. She's beautiful.

[Kate]

Nice closeup

[LManning (Laura)]

Fantastic close up.

[Lin]

Yikes! Great closeup.

[Issi Bannerman]

Super capture.

[KV]

Gosh that is a huge spider… rather creepy.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Yikes! Excellent capture, though.

[Granny7(Denise)]

Now spiders don’t usually bother me at all. But I am not so sure about this one!

[gloria jones]

Yikes...Great capture

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture, he looks huge!

[haskar]

Great close up and details.

[Pat Knowles]

She’s certainly flaunting herself the madam! Amazing capture Babs… you have such interesting wild life!

[Peter]

What a wonderful image Babs:)

[George]

Superb capture.

[Frances Tackaberry]

Wow! Amazing detail - great capture!

[Judith Johnson]

Wow she's rather amazing. Great capture

[Islandgirl]

Wow great close up of the Spider!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Is that spider as massive as it looks, or is it just an amazing close-up? Great catch on the detail- and if it is that large, I truly don't was to run into one!

[amyK]

Great close up

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Babs]

@sugarmuser @kjarn @edorreandresen @ludwigsdiana @tonygig @julzmaioro @happysnaps @ingrid01 @pusspup @elza @gardenfolk @wakelys @sdutoit @sangwann @carole_sandford @merrelyn @k9photo @ljmanning @linnypinny @jamibann @kvphoto @mittens @denful @seattlite @craftymeg @haskar @happypat @pcoulson @gaf005 @frantackaberry @busylady @radiogirl @amyk @rickster549 @beryl I love them they are really beautiful. I love their zig zag web to attract insects and mates. I don't mind these spiders in my garden they are quite passive and not dangerous.
@ethelperry This one was quite high up because she was in the flower bed on our retaining wall.

@robz Yes I love their zig zag webs.

@olivetreeann They are gorgeous spiders and quite passive so not dangerous. The body is about 1.5 cm but together with the legs they are around 5 or 6 cm.

[Walks @ 7]

Oh my!