Giant Golden Orb-weaver Nephila pilipes

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I see you requested the creation of species "golden silk orb-weaver". Unfortunately, that is not specific enough, it is actually a group of species:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver

If you know the correct species within the genus, I'll happily create it :) Posted 11 years ago
1. Jef braund
  
  Lion
  
  Yes its the Giant Golden Orb-weaver Nephila pilipes typical yellow knee joints and large size of web
  http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/nephila/Nephila.html
  http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1627 Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Excellent, glad you found it! Posted 11 years ago

travismorhardt

Lion

Where was this photo taken? These are magnificent spiders! Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
1. Jef braund
  
  Lion
  
  Atherton tableland far north queensland ....near Cairns she was a resident spider that lived alongside of our house in the rainforest Posted 11 years ago

The Giant Golden Orbweaver

"Nephila pilipes" is a species of golden orb-web spider. It resides all over countries in East and Southeast Asia as well as Oceania. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens.

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Jef braund