Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider (species: Nephila plumipes) in Ku-ring-gai native flora and fauna (Gaia Guide)
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Nephila plumipes
Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider


©Saachi Southem and Laura Lozano and Sam and Will: Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider (Nephila plumipes)

©Vanessa Ryan: Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider (Nephila plumipes)

©Michael Jefferies: Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider (Nephila plumipes)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Nephilidae
Genus Nephila
Species Nephila plumipes

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Distinguishing features

The yellow bands on the legs are distinctive.

Size

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Comments

Atlas of Living Australia and Find a Spider Guide both have good information about this species - links provided on this page.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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