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Golden Orb-Web Spider

Nephila clavipes

Description:

A very big representant of the genre "Nephila sp.", the biggest had almost 20cm. I too really thinks curious the big "yellow web".

Habitat:

I found this web in some rocks on a lake, on a region of Cerrado.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Golden Orb-web Spider
Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes


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2 Comments

LeonardoMB
LeonardoMB 10 years ago

Thanks "bayucca"! ;)

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

You have not much choice in the neotropics. Yours is Nephila clavipes.

LeonardoMB
Spotted by
LeonardoMB

Divinolândia, SP, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 3, 2014
Submitted on Mar 5, 2014

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