Tags: Arachnid.

Nephila clavipes (Lat. clava = club; pedis = of or pertaining to a foot genitive case of pēs) is a species of golden orb-web spider. It lives in the warmer regions of the Americas. The large size and bright colours of the species make it distinctive. The female is much larger than the male.In the United States it ranges throughout the coastal southeast and inland from North Carolina to Texas.

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binomial authority
Carl Linnaeus, 12th edition of Systema Naturae
class
Arachnid
family
Nephilidae
genus
Golden silk orb-weaver
kingdom
Animal
order
Araneomorphae, Spider
phylum
Arthropod
synonym
Aranea clavipes, Aranea longimana, Aranea spinimobilis, Epeira clavipes, Epeira plumipes, Nephila concolor, Nephila thomensis, Nephila wilderi, Nephila wistariana

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