Species notes
About Nephila pilipes (female)
Nephila pilipes (also recorded as Giant Golden Orb Weaver) is an accepted species in the family Araneidae, within the order Araneae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Australia, Australia (Queensland), Cameroon?, East India (no details), Guam, India, India to Australia, and Indonesia. Spiders are arachnids rather than insects: adults have eight legs, no antennae and a body divided into two main regions.
- Common name
- Giant Golden Orb Weaver
- Family
- Araneidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Australia, Australia (Queensland), Cameroon?, East India (no details), Guam, India, India to Australia, Indonesia
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy