Small Cross Spider (Argiope minuta, 小悦目金蛛).
In Spring, I frequently observed a kogane spider (argiope amoena) in Wangling Park. I have not seen it since, but today in the same park, i found two similar argiope minuta, laying in wait for their afternoon meals.
Oxyopes sertatus (斜纹猫蛛).
A a small (usually slightly under or over a centimetre in length) and very common lynx spider in Changsha: in warm or mild weather they are often laying in wait on reeds or leaves. They have long black setae on all their legs and a strange geometry: their abdomens form a stretched isosceles triangle, have two small eyes on their front and six larger eyes arranged hexagonally on the top of their heads.
Black-Striped Orchard Spider (Leucauge celebesiana, 西里银鳞蛛).
Several of these spiders have built their angled webs over a small stream on Yuelu Mountain. Their white abdomens, with their green-tinged black stripes make them look like little melons.
Araneus ventricosus (大腹园蛛).
This orb weaver was occupying a tidy web by the Xiang river. If is is not one of the most common local spiders, it is one of the most noticeable: one often stumbles upon its large webs in dense bushes and forest pathways.
