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Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago
Nephila clavipes


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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Outstanding Nephila spotting! I've moved her to Arthropods for you.

mdwildlife
mdwildlife 12 years ago

You definitely have an orb weaver there. It may be some kind of silk orb weaver. This golden silk orb weaver looks very similar in its pattern:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/459303

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk...

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MartaLagoa
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MartaLagoa

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 4, 2011
Submitted on Jun 4, 2011

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