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    (c) Matt Reid, all rights reserved

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    (c) Adriano Losso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Cyron Ray Macey, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Laurent Barthe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) cwpaine, all rights reserved

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Tiger Spider

Trichonephila plumipes

Worldwide
11,094 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Trichonephila plumipes is a species of spider found in Australia, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism. It is sometimes called the tiger spider due to its markings which look similar to a tiger. This species has historically been confused with Nephila clavipes, with the main distinguishing visual difference being significantly smaller black hair tufts on the legs. As with other spiders from the genus Nephila, they have a distinctive golden web.

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