Nephila pilipes
(Giant Golden Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Nephila pilipes, commonly known as Giant Golden Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Nephila, in the family Araneidae. Nephila pilipes spiders have been sighted 17 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nephila pilipes includes 11 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nephila pilipes is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Araneidae
  • Genus: Nephila
  • Species: Nephila pilipes

Common Name (AASMore information icon)

Giant Golden Orb-weaver

Other Common Names

Giant Golden Orb-weaver, Northern Golden Orb-weaver, Large Woodland Spider

Author

(Fabricius, 1793)

Primary Colors


Sightings Overview

There have been 17 confirmed sightings of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 28, 2019 by Spider ID member shay07. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 17 sightings because of certain Nephila pilipes sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 82% of the time, Nephila pilipes spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 17)
  • Sex: 6 female and 0 male.
  • Environment: Nephila pilipes has been sighted 27 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (8). High foliage (10). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Forest (5).

Location and Range

Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Seasonality

Nephila pilipes has been primarily sighted during the month of January.

  • January: 5
  • February: 2
  • March: 3
  • April: 1
  • May: 2
  • June:
  • July:
  • August:
  • September: 1
  • October: 1
  • November:
  • December: 2

Additional Remarks

Type species.


Featured Pictures

Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Female - Dorsal,Webs Enlarge Picture
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  • Submitted Calendar iconDec 28, 2019
  • Photographed Picture iconDec 20, 2019
  • Shay07
  • Sex icon
    Female
  • Location iconDandeli, India
  • Comment icon1 Comments
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Dorsal,Webs,Prey Enlarge Picture
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
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  • Submitted Calendar iconMay 3, 2019
  • Photographed Picture iconSep 15, 2018
  • Aita
  • Location iconLingmoo, India
  • Comment icon2 Comments
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Dorsal,Webs Enlarge Picture
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Dorsal,Webs Enlarge Picture
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  • Submitted Calendar iconJan 26, 2019
  • Photographed Picture iconJan 24, 2019
  • Jtw
  • Location iconKoh Samui, Thailand
  • Comment icon1 Comments
Picture of Nephila pilipes (Giant Golden Orb-weaver) - Female - Dorsal,Webs Enlarge Picture
  • Check iconFamily Check iconGenus Check iconSpecies
  • Submitted Calendar iconJan 13, 2019
  • Photographed Picture iconDec 26, 2018
  • Ptb
  • Sex icon
    Female
  • Location iconKhao lak, Thailand
  • Comment icon2 Comments
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