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**RooxiaNof** · 05-01-2012, 02:23 AM

Thanks all, based on the wikipedia descriptions it looked more like a Nephila edulis then a Nephila plumpies, in fact their photo of the Sydney female is almost exactly as I recall except their bodies were black. I have never scene such numbers of such a large spider before.

Couldn't get two wrong in a week could I? I mean JJ's Lerp doesn't exist on the internet, even after we knew what it was. It wasn't my fault I tells ya....

Back to the spider. Here is some additional information and a page to visit:

The two large and easily spotted Nephila species, Nephila plumipes and Nephila edulis, are very similar in appearance.
The female of both species is between 20 en 25 mm in length and the male is around 5 mm.
Legs are long and slender and both have tufts of hair on their legs.
But there are differences: Nephila edulis Nephila plumipes (old name Nephila ornata ) Longer/more tufted hairs on legs
Web lower to ground in schrub
Smaller web than N. ornata
Brown gray bands on legs
Shorter/less tufted hairs on legs
Web higher from ground in trees
Larger web than N. edulis
Gold/yellow bands on legs
That is my bold. Yours seems to have gold, yellow bands on legs. Ref: Family Nephilidae.

Hoped it helped.

05-01-2012, 02:23 AM	#10
RooxiaNof Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 552 Senior Member	Thanks all, based on the wikipedia descriptions it looked more like a Nephila edulis then a Nephila plumpies, in fact their photo of the Sydney female is almost exactly as I recall except their bodies were black. I have never scene such numbers of such a large spider before. Couldn't get two wrong in a week could I? I mean JJ's Lerp doesn't exist on the internet, even after we knew what it was. It wasn't my fault I tells ya.... Back to the spider. Here is some additional information and a page to visit: The two large and easily spotted Nephila species, Nephila plumipes and Nephila edulis, are very similar in appearance. The female of both species is between 20 en 25 mm in length and the male is around 5 mm. Legs are long and slender and both have tufts of hair on their legs. But there are differences: Nephila edulis Nephila plumipes (old name Nephila ornata ) Longer/more tufted hairs on legs Web lower to ground in schrub Smaller web than N. ornata Brown gray bands on legs Shorter/less tufted hairs on legs Web higher from ground in trees Larger web than N. edulis Gold/yellow bands on legs That is my bold. Yours seems to have gold, yellow bands on legs. Ref: Family Nephilidae. Hoped it helped.
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