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	 Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes)
|  | Query: golden silk spider | Result: 2nd of 19 |  | 
 
| Subject: | Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes) 
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Date: 2005:02:22 22:52:49
Upload Date: 2005:02:22 22:55:04 | 
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^o^| Golden Silk Spider. Large spider is female with two smaller males on the web. Females can attain lengths of 30-40 mm, while males are only 4-6 mm. These spiders feed primarily on flying insects which they capture in their webs which can attain greater than 1-meter diameter. Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve.
 
 
 
 
 Image ID: line2982, America's Coastlines Collection
 Location: Sapelo Island, Georgia
 Photo Date: 2000
 Photographer: Brooke Vallaster, NOAA, Sapelo Island NERR
 
 Photo Source:
 The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
 The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/
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