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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Orb-web Spiders

Family Araneidae


This is a family in the superfamily Araneoidea. They are called orb-web spiders as they spin the spiral web that we are so familiar with. The family contains species such as St Andrew's Cross Spiders and Spiny Spiders, as well as the Golden Web Spiders (subfamily Nephilinae).

  1. Scarlet Acusilas Acusilas coccineus
  2. Flat Anepsion Anepsion depressium
  3. Scorpion Spider Arachnura sp
  4. Araneus anaspastus
  5. Araneus inustus
  6. Kidney Garden Spider Araneus mitificus
  7. Araneus noegeatus
  8. Oval St Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope aemula
  9. Yellow-Silver St Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope catenulata
  10. Dang's Cross Spider Argiope dang
  11. Mangrove St Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope mangal
  12. Multi-coloured St Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope versicolor
  13. Caerostris sumatrana
  14. Long-bellied Cyclosa Cyclosa bifida
  15. Cyclosa centrodes
  16. Cyclosa confraga
  17. Island Cyclosa Cyclosa insulana
  18. Cyclosa micula
  19. Cyclosa mulmeinensis
  20. Cyclosa nigra
  21. Cyclosa pellaxoides
  22. Cyrtarachne conica
  23. Beccari's Tent Spider Cyrtophora beccarii
  24. Cyrtophora cicatrosa
  25. Cyrtophora citricola
  26. Cyrtophora cylindroides
  27. Cyrtophora eczematica
  28. Double-tailed Tent Spider Cyrtophora exanthematica
  29. Cyrtophora moluccensis
  30. Red Tent Spider Cyrtophora unicolor
  31. Laglaise's Garden Spider Eriovixia laglaisei
  32. Curved Spiny Spider Gasteracantha arcuata
  33. Gasteracantha diardi
  34. Doria's Spiny Spider Gasteracantha doriae
  35. Hasselt's Spiny Spider Gasteracantha hasseltii
  36. Black-and-white Spiny Spider Gasteracantha kuhlii
  37. Gasteracantha mengei
  38. Gasteracantha picta
  39. Gea spinipes
  40. Gea subarmata
  41. Heurodes porculus
  42. Heurodes turritus
  43. Milonia albula
  44. Milonia obtusa
  45. Neogea egregia
  46. Neogea nocticolor
  47. Neoscona bengalensis
  48. Brown Sailor Spider Neoscona nautica
  49. Neoscona punctigera
  50. Brown-legged Spider Neoscona rufofemorata
  51. Ordgarius sexspinosus
  52. Common Garden Spider Parawixia dehaani
  53. Poltys apiculatus
  54. Tree-stump Spider Poltys illepidus
  55. Singa perpolita
  56. Double-spotted Spiny Spider Thelacantha brevispina
  57. Capped Black-headed Spider Zygiella calyptrata
  58. Zygiella nadleri

Tent Spider (Cyrtophora sp.)

These spiders are so called because they build tent-like webs.


Cyrtophora sp. at Turut Track ©Steven Chong

St Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope sp.)

These spiders are so called because they form a cross when at rest in their web.


Argiope versicolor at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee

Laglaise's Garden Spider (Eriovixia laglaisei)

This is a common garden spider. The female has a much larger pentagonal abdomen compared to the thorax. The male on the other hand has the thorax slightly larger than the pentagonal abdomen.


Male at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee

Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha sp.)

Spiny spiders are so called for the spikes on their back. The female Hasselt's Spiny Spider is a distinctive spider with black spots and spikes on a yellow back; a black head; and red/orange legs with black bands.


Gasteracantha sp. ©Eddy Lee


Female at Chestnut Trail. Mating pair with food and opportunistic flies ©Eddy Lee

Common Garden Spider Parawixia dehaani

Also known as Abandoned-web Orb-weaver. Interestingly, Parawixia is a New World genus with only one species known in the Old World.


Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee

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