Trichonephila clavipes
(Golden Silk Orb-weaver)

Picture ID 4001

Comments & ID Thoughts

This maybe a Golden Silk Orb Weaver. Not sure.

Submitted by:
msw
Submitted: Jan 14, 2018
Photographed: Oct 13, 2017
Spider: Trichonephila clavipes (Golden Silk Orb-weaver)
Sex:
Female,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Ocala s.w., Florida, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Garage or shedLow foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Ventral, Webs

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ItsyBitsy

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January 14, 2018 8:49 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 You have duplicate images, which is the one with the right date, the 13th or the 15th? I agree this should be a Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes).

MSW

Photo Owner

Reply to ItsyBitsy

January 15, 2018 9:31 am

I photographed this spider on Oct. 13th, 2017, outside, not inside as indicated. Do not know if it’s female or male. To-date, It has not returned. It was beautiful!

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to MSW

January 15, 2018 10:22 am

Thanks. I fixed the indoor/outdoor error. She was female. 🙂

MSW

Photo Owner

Reply to ItsyBitsy

July 21, 2018 6:37 am

Yes…I may have taken 2 pics of same spider at different angles & dates. Strangely I have 3 all within 10″ of each other, almost in the same web. Thanks.

MSW

Photo Owner

January 15, 2018 9:28 am

On October 13th, 2017, I photographed this spider in it’s web outside in chest-high brush in a wooded vacant lot… southwest Ocala, Fl. It hung-out for two days and then disappeared. I have not seen it since. Mike