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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Golden Orb-weavers (Trichonephila) » Golden Silk Orbweaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
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Garden Spider? - Trichonephila clavipes
Copyright © 2015 Jessica Morgan

Garden Spider? - Trichonephila clavipes
Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
August 15, 2015
We found many, many of these hanging in the trees in Gulf Shores State Park. They are large, probably 3-4 inches.
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Contributed by Jessica Morgan on 17 August, 2015 - 8:15pm
Last updated 4 August, 2020 - 10:04am

Golden silk orb weaver
This is a golden silk orb weaver. Gorgeous spiders with beautiful golden webs. They do, however, have a mild necrotic poison, so I recommend you be careful with them. They are not aggressive, and, while I’m not saying to try this, you could probably freehandle this spider. (Please don’t! I don’t want to be responsible for anything that goes wrong!)
… Mello Hello, 18 July, 2019 - 3:54am login or register to post comments

 
This spider was ...
IDed 4 years ago. You might have better luck in ID request: https://bugguide.net/node/view/6/bgimage
… Laura P., 18 July, 2019 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 19 August, 2015 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

one of the Nephila spiders

quite spectacular spiders
… Steve Scholnick, 17 August, 2015 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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