Comments & ID Thoughts
Spider was the size of an adult hand with the body the size of a thumb.
Banded legs, huge fangs. Body had a metallic blue color. Web was circular, well organized about a meter across.
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- Submitted: Feb 9, 2019
- Photographed: Feb 2, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Lamu, Kenya
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
It looks like one of the Golden Silk Orb Weavers, one of the Nephila species in the family Araneidae.