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shellie16 melbourne, Australia Feb 03, 2011

Could someone identify this spider? It has a greyish body approx 15mm in length, legs red tending hairy grey towards body. Total length 50-55mm.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Feb 04, 2011

This spider is in the family Nephilidae, variously known as golden silk spiders, golden orb weavers, or giant silk spiders. Now in a family of their own, they have in the past been included in the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae - see http://tinyurl.com/45bbcef for details. Your specimen is in the genus Nephila; see http://tinyurl.com/ao7xo3 for some Australian examples. They all are harmless to humans.

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