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Need help to find the name of a Nepalese spider

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Need help to find the name of a Nepalese spider

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11-02-2018, 08:28 PM

(11-02-2018, 06:01 AM)Andy Celt Wrote: Hi Folks, i was wandering if any of you guys can help me find the name of a Nepalese spider i seen many years ago.

I have been hunting for the name for over 20 years and i still cannot find it.

In simple terms, it's basically a big black Tarantula and is at least 8 inches across/wide.

The naturalists also told me that you do not find these in the Chitwan as it's too low for them and they prefer higher ground. This makes sense as i seen them in Pokhara in the jungle/forest and the web was hung between two trees and started about 10 feet of the ground.

The web was simply huge and i'm staggered that after all this time nobody has a picture of the spider or even of the huge web. The spider i seen was sitting right in the middle of the web and i have always regretted not taking the camera with me that day.

Did she look like this?

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These are Nephila Pilipes, also called giant golden orb weaver.

I don't think the one you refer to is a tarantula because tarantulas don't build webs to hunt and aren't sedentary, as the Nephilas would be. I'm throwing this option because they're one of the largest spiders out there, and also because they build huge webs.
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