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Thread: Spider Id.
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08-03-2021, 21:12 #11
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Re: Spider Id.
I suspect this is what is known in Afrikaans as the "Wawielspinnekop". That is because their webs are about the size of a wagon wheel. The webs seem to appear across roads and paths at dusk and disappear again at dawn. If you ride on the back of a bakkie at night, holding a spotlight in bushveld conditions, you may have had some intimate experiences with these.
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09-03-2021, 08:16 #12
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Re: Spider Id.
There is something very similar on the Cape peninsula, the abdomen is maybe smoother.
Sometimes there can be as many twenty spiders in a complicated communal web.
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09-03-2021, 09:40 #13
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I believe the Wawiel gets bigger than this one. I've been on a farm with a problem of these, making webs spanning the whole road all over the place. Nobody sat on the back of the bakkie there, for whatever reason, because those bastards drop down on you when you go through the web.
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09-03-2021, 09:43 #14
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Nice photo. Made my skin crawl and my stomach drop. But really, a spectacular photo.
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09-03-2021, 12:07 #15
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09-03-2021, 14:02 #16
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I've seen those communal webs and they are just as massive as the orb's but going in more directions. I tried sitting at one with a few insect kamakazes in hand but they were weary responders.
The Orb's website is also the ideal place to get one of those 'I can't believe that is the male' fotos. You have to look for a while and try both sides of the web but if you're lucky you'll get both in one photo.
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09-03-2021, 15:11 #17
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09-03-2021, 22:28 #18
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21-03-2021, 16:06 #19
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Re: Spider Id.
Seems like nephila fenestrata is the Golden orb weaver.
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