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Golden Web Spider eats Cicada in Singapore

Posted by February 5th, 2009 at 9:38 am

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Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I took this picture of a nephilla spider eating a cicada at a nature reserve.The spider was at least 10 cm from mouth to the tip of its abdomen.
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nephilla singapore 300x204 Golden Web Spider eats Cicada in Singapore

Golden Web Spider

Dear Curious,
Normally we would be reluctant to try to identify which species of Golden Silk Spider you have photographed, but we suspect it is Nephila pilipes, The Golden Web Spider, which is a common species in Singapore. There is a website of Common Singapore Spiders based on a guide book by Joseph K H Koh that depicts this spider. Golden Silk Spiders in the genus Nephila have extremely strong silk in their webs and are known to catch small birds.  Your photo clearly shows the golden color of the silk.

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