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Golden-orb web spider

Nephila pilipes

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Field Notes

Description:

"It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30–50 mm (overall size up to 20 cm), with males growing to 5–6 mm. It is one of the biggest spiders in the world." - Wiki

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
EmilieWatchesTrees
You're right, the "smaller" of these two spiders definitely looks bigger than 5-6mm, as Wikipedia describes the males.
Mark Ridgway
Not quite sure which smaller one you mean Emilie. With Nephiles the males are truly tiny critters - maybe one tenth the female size. They often appear on the opposite side of the web (for safety's sake :-)
EmilieWatchesTrees
Thanks Mark! Someone also pointed out the smaller spider is probably male.

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PublishedMay 31, 2013

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