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Golden Orb-Web Spider

Nephila pilipes

Description:

The circle that forms along its legs is larger than the diameter of a tennis ball.

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2 Comments

Ragha
Ragha 10 years ago

Thank you, Leuba! You're right. It was looking like below from that angle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nephil...

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Ragha, this I think is a Golden Silk Orb-weaver ( Nephila sp)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk...


Ragha
Spotted by
Ragha

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Nov 29, 2013
Submitted on Nov 30, 2013

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