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Eek! It's a giant spider! A seriously large spider found in Sungai Buloh Nature Reserve, Singapore. Nephila antipodiana Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Eek! It's a giant spider!

A seriously large spider found in Sungai Buloh Nature Reserve, Singapore.

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    WildFlower
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    This is Nephila antipodiana, N. clavipes is an American species.
    http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Nephila_antipodiana.htm     Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
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      Azura Ahmad
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      Thank you very much! I only relied on an internet search... Posted 8 years ago
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        WildFlower
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        You should always include the location/country in the search. Posted 8 years ago
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          Azura Ahmad
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          Actually I did and still got bad info :( Thanks for picking up on the mistake though :) Posted 8 years ago

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The Nephila antipodiana

''Nephila antipodiana'', also known as the Batik Golden Web Spider, is a species of golden orb-web spider discovered in 1841 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer. The species is found throughout Australia, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. The spider's silk contains a pyrrolidine alkaloid which serves as a chemical repellant to keep ants away from the spider's web.

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