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gotchak Prague, Czech Republic Jun 14, 2010

It's from Kenya, close to Mombasa, not far from the beach at August. Any ideas / latino name?

Thanks for trying !

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 14, 2010

Do you have a dorsal (top) view?

It is one of the Orb Weavers, but to get any closer, I'll need the top view.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 14, 2010

Did the web have a yellow tint?

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gotchak Prague, Czech Republic Jun 14, 2010

Quote from melody :
Do you have a dorsal (top) view?

It is one of the Orb Weavers, but to get any closer, I'll need the top view.


Unfortunatelly no :( The sun was too bright from the other side to take a picture. However it had same drawings on top as on the bottom.

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gotchak Prague, Czech Republic Jun 14, 2010

Quote from melody :
Did the web have a yellow tint?


Nope, just regular white

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WiccanChick24 Utica, NY Jun 15, 2010

everything I have searched an the only thing that this spider resembles is a golden Orb Spider.....but its odd if the web didn't have yellow tint to it

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maddy Sodwana Bay KZN, South Africa Jun 15, 2010

Hi guys,
It HAS to be one of these - Golden Orb-web spiders!
Here is mine - I had dozens of them in the car port, trying to tie my car to the beams and shade cloth! :-) You walk into these webs, you bounce back they are so strong.

Mine is a female red-legged golden orb-web spider, Nephila madagascariensis. Yours might be a different species, I am not sure of this one's distribution or how far north it occurs.

They are called 'golden orb-web spiders' because MOST of them produce golden silk, but not necessarily ALL of them.

Best regards from Sodwana Bay, South Africa
Maddy

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WiccanChick24 Utica, NY Jun 15, 2010

cool picture of yours. an i thought it was a golden orb spider. See living in NY i don't have these kinds of spiders where I live so I don't know all too much about them. lol are they poisonous?

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gotchak Prague, Czech Republic Jun 15, 2010

Thanks a lot for your help,

appreciate that,

have a nice day,

Tomas

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WiccanChick24 Utica, NY Jun 15, 2010

You are welcome. glade we all could help

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maddy Sodwana Bay KZN, South Africa Jun 15, 2010

No, they are not venomous.
A bit intimidating anyway, because of their large size!

Maddy

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WiccanChick24 Utica, NY Jun 15, 2010

alright. they sure are neat looking

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