Strange huge spiders live here, usually between large trees, above where people would walk into their webs. This one was lounging between two pieces of bamboo at a local temple. For comparison, the spider’s body is about 3cm long (a bit longer than an inch), and counting the legs, it’s easily 6cm in diameter.
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EDIT (31 August 2007):
According to a bit of research I did, it appears this spider is called Nephila clavata, which sounds like a curse from a Harry Potter book.
eeeewwwwwww- gross!
Nice spider – great picture with lots of color. How are your classes? Dad
What a fantastic picture! It looks like something out of National Geographic!
Okay, are we the only sickos who have noticed that if you look at the abdomen of the spider [enlarge the picture], it looks like a Zimbabwe tribesman! [There would be a question mark at the end of the sentence if John's computer hadn't taken a hit from Kodi's claws....don't quite know what inspired her "laptop dance"]
Actually, I thought it looked like a grinning skull.
Tribesman? Skull? That’s funny… I thought it looks like a spider. :X
That picture is amazing! It really does look very professional and that spider is absolutely beautiful! The markings do look very intimidating, I can definately see a skull or the tribesman’s head in there…
My daughter e-mailed me from a trip to Taiwan asking me to e-mail info on hugh bamboo spiders they have there. I’m trying to send your photo and comments.
i have a spider thats like white and black… its has like a black white black white combo. on the legs and has like a skull lookin thing on the abdomen. can ne one tell me what it is??