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Neiafu Large Spider with Yellow/Gold Coloured Web Orange and Black legs, with white coloured body on yellow/gold coloured web in Neiafu, Vava&#039;u, Tonga, about 19 cm in length.<br /> It looks like a spider that was named on this web-site as Nephila tetragnathoides? Geotagged,Nephila tetragnathoides,October,Tonga,Tongan Giant Spider Click/tap to enlarge

Neiafu Large Spider with Yellow/Gold Coloured Web

Orange and Black legs, with white coloured body on yellow/gold coloured web in Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga, about 19 cm in length.
It looks like a spider that was named on this web-site as Nephila tetragnathoides?

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Welcome to JungleDragon, first photo from Tonga! Posted 8 years ago
    1. View WildFlower's profile
      WildFlower
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      Second, actually, of the same spider. Posted 8 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Hah, I wasn't sharp enough. What are the odds of two different users each sharing a single image of a "new" country both showing the same species? Pretty strange coincidence :) Posted 8 years ago
        1. View WildFlower's profile
          WildFlower
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          Maybe ghine was searching for an ID for his spider and found it here. Posted 8 years ago
          1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
            Ferdy Christant
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            Possibly, didn't think of that. Posted 8 years ago
  3. View ghine's profile
    ghine
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    Yes. I was searching the internet to see if I could identify the spider and I found this great web-site.
     Posted 8 years ago

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The Tongan Giant Spider

This species of orb-weaver spider is found in Fiji, Tonga, and Nieue. The male reaches 5.04mm length whereas the much larger female reaches 23.15mm.

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Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by WildFlower
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By ghine

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Uploaded Dec 4, 2016. Captured Oct 28, 2016 08:50 in Fatafehi Rd, Neiafu, Tonga.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/6.3
  • 1/197s
  • ISO125
  • 151mm