Nephila pilipes

Tags: Arachnid.

Nephila pilipes is a species of golden orb-web spider. It can be found in Japan China Vietnam Cambodia Taiwan Singapore Myanmar Indonesia Thailand Laos Philippines Sri Lanka India and Papua New Guinea. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30–50 mm (overall size up to 20 cm) with males growing to 5–6 mm.

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binomial authority

Johan Christian Fabricius

class

Arachnid

family

Nephilidae

genus

Golden silk orb-weaver

kingdom

Animal

order

Araneomorphae, Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

Aranea longipes, Aranea maculata, Aranea pilipes, Aranea sebae, Epeira caliginosa, Epeira chrysogaster, Epeira doreyana, Epeira fuscipes, Epeira harpyia, Epeira penicillum, Meta ornata, Nephila aurosa, Nephila chrysogaster, Nephila fuscipes, Nephila maculata, Nephila ornata, Nephila pecuniosa, Nephila procera, Nephila submaculata, Nephila sulphurosa, Nephila tenuipes