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Golden Orb Weaver Spiders

Nephila plumipes

Photo by ShannaB
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Field Notes

Notes:

Three separate specimens seen within about a kilometre of each other on the Trachyte Circuit track, Glasshouse Mountains. All webs were about 3m off the ground.
Photo 1: From the side you can really see how gold the silk of the web is.
Photo 2: Female Golden-Orb Weaver with the smaller male at top left.
Photo 3: Pregnant female?

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Golden Orb-Weaver 1 - Nephila plumipes

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International Spider Survey
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Wilds of South-East Queensland
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2012

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