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Golden silk orb-weaver

Nephila pilipes

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Giant Spider found in Lower Himalayan Forest

Habitat:

Lower Himalayan Forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

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courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 12 years ago
golden silk orb-weavers
Nephila clavipes


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4 Comments

Bunan
Bunan 12 years ago

Yes...Changing the name

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

@Courtney its ventral view of spider
@Dwaipayan its Golden silk orb-weaver
Please refer following link...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephila_pil...

Bunan
Bunan 12 years ago

Yes, it's Golden orb weaver spider.....I got it in India. My total trekking route was full of this spiders...

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

very similar to this spot: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/632...

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Bunan
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Bunan

Siliguri, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Jul 10, 2009
Submitted on Apr 2, 2011

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