Trichonephila edulis
Golden orb weaver at Canberra Central, ACT
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| Trichonephila edulis | MichaelMulvaney | 2 Mar 2017 | |
| Trichonephila edulis | Qwerty | 28 Feb 2017 |
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What is going on - is it sex or storing for food?
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2 Mar 2017
The larder of food stored behind the female is a food bank for harsher times. Th smaller spiders in the top of the main image are the males and they are just waiting a chance to mate and freeloading on any food caught in the females web. The female will shortly produce a fluffy golden egg sac, hidden in leaves next to the web. She will die soon after producing the sac.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.176011-35.237417
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Qwerty Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Qwerty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trichonephila edulis Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Trichonephila edulis Scientific name
- Golden orb weaver Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 914m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Nephila edulis
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