Thursday, February 10, 2011

Today's Walk 4 - Golden Orb Spider

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The golden silk orb-weavers (genus Nephila) are a genus of araneomorph spiders 
noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous 
individual species found around the world. They are also commonly called golden 
orb-weavers, giant wood spiders or banana spiders. In North America, the golden 
silk orb-weavers (see also Nephila clavipes) are sometimes referred to as writing 
spiders due to occasional zigzag patterns (stabilimenta) built into their webs, 
though these occur much more frequently in the webs of Argiope, such as the St 
Andrew's Cross spider. The females usually eat their mate.

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