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Nephila sp.
The web is 1 m in diameter and these are characteristically composed of a shiny golden silk, thus the name “golden orb spiders”. This is probably a pilipes species but it has large yellow spots on its back instead of stripes. The size of this female body is 50 mm.
In the forest.
Spotted on Dec 24, 2021
Submitted on Jan 5, 2022
2 Comments
Thanks Brian! I followed a forest path and got parts of the web in my face. Then I saw this magnificent spider.
Amazing!