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