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    Photo 1 of 5

    (c) Dawid Oosthuizen, all rights reserved

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    Photo 2 of 5

    (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Frederik Leck Fischer, all rights reserved

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    (c) Colin Ralston, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Frederik Leck Fischer, all rights reserved

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Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider

Trichonephila fenestrata

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Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Trichonephilia fenestrata is a species of nephilid spider known to be found in South Africa and Zambia. Males of this species often autotomize their legs as a counter adaptation to the sexual cannibalism of females.

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