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Nephila sp.
A nice, large, yellow-bodied Nephila. She's been here at least almost a month. This time she's got a sizable prey item (--wing is transparent and resesembles shape of cicada's).
Web observed strung between banana (Musa sp.) and coconut (Cocos nucifera) trees in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a heavily disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Flash photography.
Spotted on Jun 10, 2014
Submitted on Jun 10, 2014
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