Comments & ID Thoughts
Golden Silk Orb Weaver, female eating leaf hopper with male looking on for scraps
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- Submitted: Mar 12, 2019
- Photographed: Sep 1, 2019
- Spider: Trichonephila clavipes (Golden Silk Orb-weaver)
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Niceville, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Lateral, Ventral, Prey
Hi, you have a gold silk orb weaver,Nephila clavipes. the smaller spider is the male.
Harmless in spite of size, nice find.
They are on my favorite spider list.