Nephila pilipes

Giant Golden Orb-Weaving Spider at Undefined Area

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Nephila pilipes 8 Jan 2025 EathanDouglas
Nephila (genus) 7 Jan 2025 NateKingsford
Unverified 3 May 2019 AaronClausen

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   24 Jul 2019
Possibly Nephila pilipes, Giant Golden Orb-Weaving Spider:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5dab5bfe-ba2f-4543-b698-02a14697fe53
Definitely a Nephila species.
EathanDouglas wrote:
   8 Jan 2025
Nephila pilipes will be the only Nephila species in Australia, Trichonephila plumipes & Nephila plumipes are both listed on Naturemapr but they're Synonymous & Trichonephila gets priority. :)

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