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Giant golden orb weaver

Nephila pilipes

Description:

Large female spider (see Photo No 2 for size - only the body is approx 5 to 6 cm; male does not exceed 5 to 6 mm), black legs, and white and yellow dorsal side.

Habitat:

Hotel garden on edges of protected primary forest.

Notes:

Since long time, I'm trying to organise my photo archives, and I'm almost at the end - but some very old gems keep popping out .... such as this one, taken during my stay in Lanka end of the last century.

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Zlatan Celebic
Spotted by
Zlatan Celebic

Deniyaya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Mar 15, 2000
Submitted on Feb 2, 2018

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