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Coastal Golden Orb-weaver

Trichonephila plumipes

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae

Trichonephila plumipes, the Pacific golden orb weaver, is a species of spider found in Australia, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism through its sexual cannibalism behavior. It is sometimes called the tiger spider due to its markings which look similar to a tiger. This species was formerly called Nephila plumipes.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 138Canada · 1