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Giant Wood Spider

Nephila maculata

Photo by MettaSetiawan
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

I saw it in the neighborhood garden, the web stretched between banana tree and another three.
When I find it, there was a grasshopper that's been trapped and wrapped neatly.
The picture no.5 and 6, I think, the spider was having a dinner :)

Reference Links:

Nephila pilipes, Giant Wood Spiders (Nephila maculata)

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