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Open forests and woodland, suburban settings
Large spider spotted on top of Mirrai Lookout in Kakadu National Park.
Body of spider would be around 3cm in length
Dark-brown carapace (the “head”), grey abdomen, and banded legs. Males are very ...
Fat gray body, with striped brown legs. It's size is close to an open hand.
Black and white spider with red legs. Looks like black hairs around the leg ...
Large (approx 15-20cm) spider with extensive web.
This female Golden Silk Orb-weaver isn't the largest specimen I've seen, but ...
if provoked. Nephila spiders are the ...
approx. 10cm long but can apparently grow to 40cm and are eaten in Thailand and ...
by a strong "barrier" web. N. edulis ...
Silk Orb-weaver (Nephila
Is called golden because of the web's color. Is a quite big spider and you can ...
reluctant biters but will deliver a nasty bite if provoked.
Tiny spider hatchlings decided to colonise my clothes line, and there were ...
A large and leggy spider with a pale grey abdomen and distinctively banded ...
. The ultimate strength reported in a previous study for
