Trichonephila clavipes
(Golden Silk Orb-weaver)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Large, about 6cm leg to leg. Costa Rican. Seven legs, five of them long and fuzzy halfway down. Legs are black with yellow. Body is mostly black with small white spots throughout.Large web over a meter in radius.

• Submitted by: 
  
  itex_moto
• Submitted: Mar 9, 2019
• Photographed: Mar 9, 2019
• Spider: Trichonephila clavipes (Golden Silk Orb-weaver)
• Location: Santa Ana, Costa Rica
• Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
• Found in web?: Yes
• Attributes: Dorsal