Nephila clavipes

Nephila clavipes
Golden Silk Orbweaver

Nephila clavipes: Taxonomy | Photographs

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Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - This female spider died in her web a few days before this image was taken. On 12/16/2002, we carefully took her out of her web (she was only hanging by one leg by that time), took her home, and placed her directly on our scanner to get these detailed images. The full-sized images we have of her on the site (this dorsal view and the ventral view below) are each 3400 x 4600 pixels. While these images are quite large, they display the details quite well. This spider measures 23mm in body length and 100mm from the tip of one of her foremost legs to the tip of her opposite hind legs.
Tallahassee, FL
December 16, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 932 kB
Photo added to site: Dec 16 2002


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - This is the ventral view of the same spider in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
December 16, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 949 kB
Photo added to site: Dec 16 2002


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - The large spider in the middle of the photo is a female; a much smaller male can be seen in the upper-left corner of the photo.
Tallahassee, FL
August 30, 2003
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 387 kB
Photo added to site: Sep 1 2003


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - These are the same spiders as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
August 30, 2003
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 332 kB
Photo added to site: Sep 1 2003


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - This substantially smaller male was one of two found in the same web as the large female in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
August 30, 2003
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 159 kB
Photo added to site: Sep 1 2003


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - (juvenile)
Tallahassee, FL
May, 2003
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 65 kB
Photo added to site: Jun 14 2003


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - (female) dorsal view, poised in center of web.
Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
October 21, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 71 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - (female) This is the same spider as in the above photo.
Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
October 21, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 90 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - (female) This is the same spider as in the above photo.
Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
October 21, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 98 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes
Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
October, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 136 kB
Photo added to site: Mar 28 2002


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - silhouette
Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
July, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 56 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - (female) ventral view, near morning glories (Ipomoea purpurea). Note the thick, extremely strong, golden dragline silk at the top of the web as well as other support lines in front of the main orb.
Tallahassee, FL
October 22, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 140 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Nephila clavipes Nephila clavipes - These eggs were laid and wrapped in golden silk, attached to an office window pane a few inches from the bottom of a female's large web, also in front of the same window. This photo was taken from inside, through the glass a few days after she laid the eggs.
Tallahassee, FL
November 5, 2004
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 246 kB
Photo added to site: Nov 5 2004