This is golden orb-web spider - Nephilia pelipes.Sp, this picture was taken at coffee farm , Talang Rimbo Lama Village.may be this is Nephilia pelipes annulipes, but im not sure,Because in Indonesia just found 4 spesies, Nephilia pelipes annulipes, Nephila pilipes hasselti ( Java ),Nephila pilipes walckenaeri ( Java ) and Nephila pilipes flavornata ( sulawesi ).
Nephila pilipes is a species of golden orb-web spider. It can be found in Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30-50mm, with males growing to 5–6 mm.
Synonyms :
- Aranea longipes
- Aranea maculata
- Aranea pilipes
- Aranea sebae
- Epeira chrysogaster
- Nephila maculata
- Nephila fuscipes
- Epeira fuscipes
- Epeira doreyana
- Epeira caliginosa
- Nephila ornata
- Epeira penicillum
- Epeira harpyia
- Nephila chrysogaster
- Meta ornata
- Nephila pecuniosa
- Nephila aurosa
- Nephila procera
- Nephila sulphurosa
- Nephila tenuipes
- Nephila submaculata
Subspecies:
- Nephila pilipes annulipes Thorell, 1881 (Indonesia)
- Nephila pilipes flavornata Merian, 1911 (Sulawesi)
- Nephila pilipes hasselti (Doleschall, 1859) (Java)
- Nephila pilipes jalorensis (Simon, 1901) (India)
- Nephila pilipes lauterbachi (Dahl, 1912) (New Guinea)
- Nephila pilipes malagassa (Strand, 1907) (Madagascar)
- Nephila pilipes novaeguineae (Strand, 1906) (New Guinea)
- Nephila pilipes piscatorum Vis, 1911 (Queensland)
- Nephila pilipes walckenaeri (Doleschall, 1857) (Java)
Scientific classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Nephilidae |
| Genus: | Nephila |
| Species: | N. pilipes.Sp |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephila_pilipes
- http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Nephila_maculata.htm
- http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/N/Nephila_pilipes/
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