Spiders (Araneae)
Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Sighting 3400217

Nephila plumipes

Humped golden orb-weaver at Meroo National Park

Nephila plumipes at Meroo National Park - 4 Apr 2017
Nephila plumipes at Meroo National Park - 4 Apr 2017
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Identification history

Nephila plumipes 8 Jun 2018 CharlesDove
ARANEIDAE 8 Jun 2018 CharlesDove

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Humped Golden Orb Weaver

2 comments

KerriLee wrote:
   9 Jun 2018
Hi again Charles - nice Nephila! Did you happen to get a shot underneath? If the sternum is yellow, it's definitely N.plumipes. The other, similar, species is N. edulis.
CharlesDove wrote:
   9 Jun 2018
No Pics of the underside Kerri

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