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Golden Silk Orb-weaver

Nephila clavipes

Photo by jess.blank
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Field Notes

Habitat:

found at Brazos Bend State Park

Notes:

These spiders were everywhere at the park. The trees were filled with them.

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Nephila clavipes

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Comments (4)
annorion
Went down a trail this weekend in Louisiana and had the pleasure of walking face first into a web. I backed up as soon as I felt it but me running into didn't break the web or disturb the spider. It's amazing how strong their webs are!
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PublishedJuly 31, 2011

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