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Golden Silk Spiders Mating

Posted by October 26th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

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Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Just wanted to share a picture of the two Orb weavers we shared our patio with this summer. We live in Charleston, SC. We named them Lilith and Frasier. Unfortunately, Lilith disappeared about a week after this photo was taken.
Amy
Charleston, SC

nephila mating amy 300x180 Golden Silk Spiders Mating

Golden Silk Spider Courtship

Hi Amy,
What an amazing photo of a pair of Golden Silk Spiders, Nephila clavipes.  We are not sure who was named Lilith, but the larger of the pair is the female.  We would think that it would have been the smaller male that vanished.

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  1. djfoose wrote:

    Awesome photograph! And talk about an intimidating moment of insect intimacy. Wow!

    Posted 27 Oct 2008 at 10:41 pm

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