Tuesday, November 24, 2009

St. Andrew's Cross Spiders

St. Andrew's Cross Spiders are common in sub-urban and rural areas of India. There used to be mnay more before but now there are fewer and fewer of these beautiful spiders mainly due to habitat loss. I spotted one on its web in my balcony one morning.
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It seemed to be a new resident as it was not there the previous morning. Probably taking up residence in this balcony since there is shelter and less noise and people. Here's a side-shot.
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View of the back.
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And as I was looking around in my backyard I spotted one of these tiny spiders. Taking a closer look I realized that it is a young St. Andrew's Cross Spider too.
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2 comments:

Bluebottle said...

Awesome! That is totally total in a total way.

Shawn said...

Thanks BlueBottle. Though I didn't get what you were trying to say... :(

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