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Red-legged Nephila

Trichonephila inaurata madagascariensis

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae

Trichonephila inaurata, synonym Nephila inaurata, commonly known as the red-legged golden orb-weaver spider or red-legged nephila, is a species of spider of the genus Trichonephila. It is native to southern and East Africa, as well as several islands of the western Indian Ocean (Madagascar, the Seychelles, Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Web spinning and structure Trichonephila spiders produce large asymmetric orb webs up to 1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1