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Field Notes

Description:

Have seen 2 to 3 of these spiders joining their web together so that it becomes a single large web. But each spider stays in their own web.

Habitat:

Roadside bushes

Species ID Suggestions

Giant Golden Orbweaver (male)

Nephila pilipes

Reference Link
Richard Ong
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Comments (7)
Ornithoptera80
some species of lynx spider due to the spikes on the legs
Raksha
I have updated the picture of the web of this spider though its not clearly visible.
Raksha
Joseph CHIEF REDEARTH male Nephila pilipes are tiny spiders measuring around 0.5-0.6 cm. These are bigger in size (2.5 -3.0 cm)
Raksha
Richard Ong very near to this site I had found Giant orb weaver as well as golden silk orb weaver. The golden orb weaver and this spider was almost of the same size, though this one was slightly smaller comparitively. https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/168234179 https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/45789206 Moreover in the web of this spider I also found this tiny spider. It might be around 0.8-1.0 cm in size and I am thinking this tiny spider to be the male because of the size difference.  https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1993949691
Richard Ong
@Raksha well... it certainly looks like a male N.pilipes... but they dont grow to the size you mentioned.! guess im wrong about ti then.! N.pilipes ref: http://wongchunxing.com/Spider/1-WEBS/Family_Nephilidae/Nephila_pilipes.htm
Raksha
Richard ong these where quiet big around 2.5-3.0 cm. I found three of these spiders with interconnected web. They all had the same colors and looks.

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