Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

leect · 20th June 2009

The name of these spiders comes about for the way they hold their eight legs in pairs to form an "X" shape instead showing all eight legs space out separately like those of other spider species.

The "X" is called the St. Andrew's cross because it is believed that the saint was martyred on a cross of this shape rather than the conventional + shape

Pls see the following link for photo taken today (19 June '09) at AP in the afternoon :

http://home.pacific.net.sg/~naturetr...wildlife4.html

20th June 2009	#1
leect Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 115	Saint Andrew's Cross Spider The name of these spiders comes about for the way they hold their eight legs in pairs to form an "X" shape instead showing all eight legs space out separately like those of other spider species. The "X" is called the St. Andrew's cross because it is believed that the saint was martyred on a cross of this shape rather than the conventional + shape Pls see the following link for photo taken today (19 June '09) at AP in the afternoon : http://home.pacific.net.sg/~naturetr...wildlife4.html Last edited by leect; 20th June 2009 at 12:29 AM.