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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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Juvenile with shed exoskeleton - Trichonephila clavipes
Copyright © 2007 JesseT

Juvenile with shed exoskeleton - Trichonephila clavipes
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 1, 2007
Size: body about 9mm
I saw several of these spiders, and each one of them had in its web what I thought were the remains of her mate. All of the different individuals I saw (about 4 or 5 different spiders) had an empty carapace in their webs. Is it possible that it was just a moulted exoskeleton?

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Contributed by JesseT on 1 July, 2007 - 6:15pm

Moved
Moved from Nephilidae.
… JesseT, 1 July, 2007 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Thanks They were so tiny,
Thanks

They were so tiny, and their webs were all white I didn't think they could be Golden Silk Spiders despite how similar they looked.
… JesseT, 1 July, 2007 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Yes
shed skins.
Juvenile Nephila clavipes.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 July, 2007 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

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