Nephila clavata also known as the Jorō Spider (ジョロウグモ（女郎蜘蛛、上臈蜘蛛） Jorō-gumo) is a member of the golden orb-web spider group. The spider can be found throughout Japan except Hokkaidō in Korea Taiwan and China. Due to the large size as well as the bright unique colors of the species of the female Nephila the spider is well-favored in Japan.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Nephila clavata"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
