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Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes) <!--아메리카무당거미-->
Subject: Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes)
Poster: Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)
line2982.jpg
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Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes)


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/

Golden silk spider
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