tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009681185174643744.post6124935674971593145..comments2015-01-11T09:05:05.968-08:00Comments on The Simple Life's for Me: Free Nature ShowLantanalane2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16914855162607992879noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009681185174643744.post-35501889670357497232010-08-07T20:31:00.757-07:002010-08-07T20:31:00.757-07:00Nice spider! It's a Golden Silk Orbweaver, al...Nice spider! It's a Golden Silk Orbweaver, also known as Nephila clavipes. The black areas on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th leg pairs are actually hair tufts The little spider above I would say with some certainty is the male, and he probably mated with her fairly recently, explaining the expanding abdomen (which is probably full of fertilized eggs) - she'll likely make an egg sac any day now. The guide says that several males may occupy the same web as the female, in addition to different spider species, known as kleptoparasites, which feed on food particles left behind by the larger spider.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152860923411650334noreply@blogger.com