tiabunna's photos with the keyword: Nephila plumipes

As I was walking through our local nature reserve, I almost walked into this Golden Orb-Weaver spider ( Nephila plumipes) . They're essentially harmless but quite large and unfortunately their large webs (fences?) are usually strung between trees near face level. Interestingly, this almost certainly is a female: they eat the males and it is rare to find one larger than about 5mm. If you view large, you'll see that she also has hairy legs. There's a fence in the background too. HFF and best wishes for the weekend, everyone.

Today I was out with my local Landcare group, removing weeds in the nature reserve, when I almost walked face first into this spider, hanging in a substantial web. It is a female Golden Orb spider - the male is quite tiny in comparison. Explored.