Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Banded-legged Golden silk orb-weaver

Nephila senegalensis

Description:

An attractive and large Orb-weaver spider. The mature female is larger, approx 3 to 3,5 cm of length for the body, which is elegantly elongated, with somewhat saddle-like abdomen. Body is mainly grey, with two vertical ranges of yellow dots; and one yellow stripe close to cephalothorax. Ventral side (pic 3) shows square-like yellow pattern. It sports long and hairy black legs, with golden-orange bands. Male is much smaller, maybe 2 cm in length together with legs; brown coloured (pic 6); and it hangs on the same web.

Habitat:

This is a very common species in much of Sub-Saharan Africa; spinning impressive webs usually across branches of trees. Here, observed in urban garden of Minna, capital of Niger State in Nigeria.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Zlatan Celebic
Spotted by
Zlatan Celebic

Minna, Niger, Nigeria

Spotted on Oct 2, 2018
Submitted on Oct 3, 2018

Related Spottings

Nephila Spider (Female) Nephila Spider Nephila vitiana Nephila clavipes

Nearby Spottings

Blister beetle Speckled Pigeon African common toad African Thrush

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team