Giant Golden Orbweaver

Nephila pilipes

Description

Nephila pilipes is black in color and the abdomen has a pair of yellow stripes with long black longitudinal band between them. Female is bigger in size than the male. It has horn-like structure on the tergum. There is black spots coloration on the underside of its legs. It produce golden-yellow web.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

11 – 12 months

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

Female: 30-50 mm; Male 5 - 6,5 mm

Ar

Arboreal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Arachnida

ORDER

:

Araneae

FAMILY

:

Araneidae

GENUS

:

Nephila

SPECIES

:

Nephila pilipes

Distribution

Nephila pilipes could be found on forests or garden.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Australia

Country : Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Nephila pilipes will display ballooning when the wind speed reach 3,17 m/s.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Nephila pilipes feed on broad size range of insects. The small insects directly caught and removed from the web, while the large insects injected by venom and wait for the decease.

Diet : Insectivore

Mating Habits

The males approach female web to mate. The males have mechanism to avoid females’ resistance and cannibalism, so the males can reduce cannibalism and maximize the number of females they fertilized. The females lay their egg in small pits on the ground to avoid predator.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

Birds

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. en.m.wikipedia.org
  2. kidadl.com
  3. wiki.nus.edu.sg