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Common orb-web spiders

nephilia clavipes

Description:

The orb-web spider has a yellow spotted black body and long legs with alternated yellow and black hairy stripes around the legs´middle. It builds intrincated three dimensional like webs and it is commonly seen in groups as the ones spotted in the picture. These spiders hadn´t build a complex web around each, they were sharing and walking around a simple web that hang from two different trees.

Habitat:

Hot and humid forests.

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patty
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patty

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 2, 2013
Submitted on Jan 2, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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