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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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Golden Silk Spider - Nephila clavipes? - Trichonephila clavipes
Copyright © 2006 Charles Weber

Golden Silk Spider - Nephila clavipes? - Trichonephila clavipes
Davie, Broward County, Florida, USA
October 10, 2006
Okay.. I will be posting 2 images seperately, they seem to both look similar but different, but when I checked the guide I saw both of these with the same species name.. is there any particular reason for this, and I don't think this one is a female and the other a male, I saw the males with both of these, much smaller, so I am guessing these are both females, but why the differeces but same species?
Thanks!

Charles
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Contributed by Charles Weber on 10 October, 2006 - 10:40pm
Last updated 14 October, 2006 - 11:08am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 14 October, 2006 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

This one
looks gravid, which would give it the fuller rounded abdomen, making it look a little different. Could that be what is making it look different to you?
… Machele White, 11 October, 2006 - 5:55am login or register to post comments

 
Not just that, but
Also the pattern looks different on the abdomen, am I just seeing things?

Thanks,

Charles
… Charles Weber, 11 October, 2006 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
There's a bit of variation on these
especially between juveniles and adults. I suspect your skinny one is a younger one too - size estimates would help. The legs and general coloration are unmistakable, though.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 11 October, 2006 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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