Discovery of the Largest Orbweaving Spider Species: The Evolution of Gigantism in Nephila

Matjaž Kuntner; Jonathan A. Coddington

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007516

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Discovery of the Largest Orbweaving Spider Species: The Evolution of Gigantism in Nephila

Matjaž Kuntner ,

* E-mail: kuntner@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., United States of America
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Jonathan A. Coddington

Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., United States of America
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Discovery of the Largest Orbweaving Spider Species: The Evolution of Gigantism in Nephila

Matjaž Kuntner,
Jonathan A. Coddington

Published: October 21, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007516

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Spider seen in Sri Lanka

Posted by Miguel2 on 21 Oct 2009 at 13:00 GMT

Hi. I have taken pictures from a spider with a white head, black and yellow body of approximately the same size in Sri Lanka. Body might be even larger then 4cm. Size of the Web might be less then a meter, but ive only seen 2. If everyone is interested in pictures, let me know. BR, Miguel

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