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Atreyuhero4
12-22-2008, 09:22 PM
has anyone ever seen this before? http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/1026833/
bhoeschcod
12-22-2008, 09:45 PM
Yes i have.
calum
12-22-2008, 10:01 PM
yeah, it's a pretty awesome sight.
Atreyuhero4
12-22-2008, 10:55 PM
what is it i would love one of those
LeilaNami
12-28-2008, 03:36 AM
I want one in my living room.
Godzirra
12-28-2008, 06:00 PM
golden orb spider
reptilian_BG
01-01-2009, 05:01 AM
Is that a Nephila species ?
cjm1991
01-01-2009, 06:05 AM
Man thats awesome, Id love to find that in the wild.
stevetastic
01-01-2009, 01:13 PM
go to florida. i used to find like 5-6 a day when i lived down there.
bhoeschcod
01-01-2009, 03:25 PM
go to florida. i used to find like 5-6 a day when i lived down there.

Cool!Have you caught any??
stevetastic
01-01-2009, 03:32 PM
they make like 6ft webs. they are much better suited to life outside IMO.
bhoeschcod
01-01-2009, 04:00 PM
Id bet it could get me caught in a web that big im like 4ft if that:(
edesign
01-01-2009, 05:30 PM
go to florida. i used to find like 5-6 a day when i lived down there.

Have them all over here in Louisiana too...I kept one in my spare bedroom earlier this summer. I posted a thread about it but never really followed up with pics or anything. It spun a few large webs (nice golden tint too), I fed it caterpillars and grasshoppers I would catch in my garden and it seemed to be doing fine for about 3-4 weeks until it suddenly died one day. Not sure what happened...old age (it was about a 4"LS, not the largest I've ever seen but a decent size), ingested some pesticide (I don't use pesticides or any chemicals but I'm sure the farmer who has a huge wheat field across the road does), or what.
edesign
01-01-2009, 05:32 PM
Id bet it could get me caught in a web that big im like 4ft if that:(

I've seen a few small children stuck in their webs with a happy and fat spider lurking nearby ;) j/k...their webs are large at times (I've seen them spanning neighborhood roads overhead) and some strands are very sticky but hardly strong enough to really snare a person.
bhoeschcod
01-01-2009, 06:36 PM
okay good
lol your serius
edesign
01-01-2009, 07:08 PM
I was gonna post pics but I can't find them...must be on one of my other hard drives that I don't have hooked up (built a new computer with a 1TB drive...have my last drive (320GB) and another 200GB hooked up...must be on my 250GB). :(
pandinus
01-04-2009, 03:09 AM
the particular one in the photo is an asian species of the nephila genus that supposedly gets a legspan of over 10" and occasionally does ensnare small birds in its web.
What
01-04-2009, 03:45 AM
the particular one in the photo is an asian species of the nephila genus that supposedly gets a legspan of over 10" and occasionally does ensnare small birds in its web.

You do mean Australian, right?