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giant golden orb weaver

Nephila pilipes

Photo by KarloVacko
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Field Notes

Description:

one of the biggest "non-bird-spiders" in the world with some use as "production animal" for fishing nets and "meat"

Habitat:

higher Rainforest (in this example in a garden)

Reference Links:

Nephila pilipes, Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) Northern or Giant Golden Orb Weaver

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PublishedOctober 17, 2011

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