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- Submitted: May 27, 2019
- Photographed: May 27, 2019
- Spider: Trichonephila inaurata (Red-legged Golden Orb-weaver)
- Location: Limbe, Malawi
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal
May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018
Ecroignard, 
Out of the nephila-family, golden orb-weavers. But don’t know which one.
It also has bound debris in its web that is similar to the Trashline Orbweavers. That can be a clue.
Couldn’t find any that looks like this one.
Looks similar to a Nephila Madagascariensis.
From the body structure I’d agree but mine don’t have yellow colour – is it possible without?
It’s only silver n black.
Found this image in the Nephila M. species. I think your spider might just have lighter, slighter yellow spots down the stripe on her abdomen. It could be just really hard to see.
This link will show you the spider I’m thinking of: https://www.alamy.com/orb-web-spider-nephila-madagascariensis-image4882827.html
I could be completely wrong, but I just went through all of the Nephila types, and none were quite like yours. Her coloration was most similar to the one I found. Either yours is a new type, or it simply morphed to be less yellow? I’m gonna keep up the search — you’ve got me hooked!
I’ll try to make a closer picture and post it as well.
I found two of them and both don’t seem to have that yellow stripe like here:
But yellow points could be possible.
And is it known that these have a trashline?
It seems to match well enough to Nephila inaurata madagascariensis, I don’t have the subspecies entered in the system yet so it’s just filed as Nephila inaurata for now.
Says the name up top. But I have never seen or heard of anything like it. Very pretty spider.