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Picture ID 30983

Picture of unidentified spider

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6inches leg tip to leg tip and 2 inch body

  • Submitted by: 
    Blowerp
  • Submitted: Aug 24, 2018
  • Photographed: Aug 25, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Galle, Sri Lanka
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes:
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Blowerp

Located on our roof terrace and span of web is 10 feet and web diameter 3 feet

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BugmanDan

Hi, and welcome to he site. This is one of the Nephila gold silk orb weavers, the best i can do not familiar with your fauna.

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Blowerp

Thanks. Is the common name wood spider? is it poisonous?

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BugmanDan

We usually call hem banana spiders in the US, or gold silk spiders. We only have two species.
None of these are known to be medically significant, their docile nature, one of few they let children hold at bug fairs. You might search up Nephila pilipes species and compare to yours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjy1QHk4R2M

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