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Nephila maculata
It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30-50mm, with males growing to 5–6 mm.
It can be found in Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia
I spotted this hiking in Cuc Phuong National Park. I walk through many webs when I'm hiking but this was one web I thankfully noticed first! The park consists of 3 ranges of limestone mountains mostly covered in rainforest.
Spotted on Mar 3, 2010
Submitted on Aug 3, 2011
4 Comments
Gina, thanks for the info on this amazing photo and sorry that you're experiencing issues. What web browser are you using? Try Chrome or Firefox and see if the issue persists. You can email me at yasser@projectnoah.org and I can help troubleshoot for you. Sorry for the annoyance.
That sucks about your system but thanks. Great common name and great info. This is one amazing spider!
makes the largest and strongest web.The web can run from the top of a tree 6m high and up to 2m wide. Unlike other spider webs, the GW Spider's web is not dismantled often and can last several years
Designed to catch large flying insects, the web is slightly angled. It is not a perfect wheel and is usually off-centre. To make its web, the spider releases a thin thread into the wind. When it catches on something, the spider walks along it trailing a stronger non-sticky thread. It repeats the process in the centre of the line to form a strong Y-frame. Around this, it spins the rest of the web out of sticky capture silk.
Female is bigger and the male is only 10% of the female. You can see the male with this bigger female.( thanks google:-))
Dan there is something wrong with my system I can only use the comment box at this time.
this is called Romancing wood spider
Order: Araneae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Nephila
Species: maculata