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Golden Orb Web Spider

Photo by DavidLee
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Description:

I was walking along the trail and spotted this Golden Web Spider. It was about 20cm long. Resting in her web waiting for its prey and at the every moment a wasp flew by and was trapped in the web right in front of my eyes. Using her frags to bite tightly onto the wasp for around 5mins before wrapping it up...

I took this series of photos from the moment she become a murderer till she had her lunch..

Species ID Suggestions

Golden Orb Web Spider

Nephila pilipes

Comments (5)

Great photos ! your description enhances this spotting - thanks David.
Wow, awesome! What a cool series of photos, those legs are so neat!! And great to have caught such an interesting moment
Thanks ... I have reloaded them...
Great story and really nice pics. David, to let you know, your last image didn't load properly.
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PublishedMay 19, 2011

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