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Giant Wood Spiders
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Giant Wood Spiders

Nephila

The golden silk orb-weavers (Nephila) are a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around the world. They are also commonly called golden orb-weavers, giant wood spiders, or banana spiders.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Golden Orbweaver

speciesNephila pilipes

Black Golden Orbweaver

speciesNephila kuhli

Nephila cornuta

speciesNephila cornuta

Nephila vitiana

speciesNephila vitiana

Nephila tetragnathoides

speciesNephila tetragnathoides

Nephila constricta

speciesNephila constricta

Nephila comorana

speciesNephila comorana

Nephila dirangensis

speciesNephila dirangensis

Nephila pakistaniensis

speciesNephila pakistaniensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49758.