Saint Andrew’s Cross

This is a female Argiope keyserlingi, more commonly known as a Saint Andrew’s Cross spider. She’s currently living in a web spanning from the top of the wall on our balcony, to the bottom of the balcony of the unit above us. She’s only formed two of the usual four zig-zag bits on her web that make these particular spiders stand out.

I was happy with the performance of my Tamron 70–300mm lens too. It has a macro mode when using it at the top end of the zoom, which was just what I needed to capture her.