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Golden-silk Orbweaver

Nephila clavipes

Habitat:

wooded areas, mangroves

Notes:

These spiders (also called banana spiders) are very common and numerous here at parks and wooded areas. This park has a large number of them. In the last picture I wanted to show the large female vs. the small male.

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1 Comment

GustavoMorejon
GustavoMorejon 12 years ago

Beautiful !!!

LivanEscudero
Spotted by
LivanEscudero

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Spotted on Aug 9, 2010
Submitted on Jan 4, 2012

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