Giant Golden Orb Weaver/ Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) - Tadoba & Pench National Parks

Nephila is a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around the world, although some species formerly included in the genus have been moved to Trichonephila. The name Giant Wood Spider is used to refer mainly to Nephila pilipes, which is very often seen, owing to its size and needless to say the size of its web. This is a common spider in the jungles of peninsular India, where webs built across large open spaces (and at times spanning up to 2 meters) are not uncommon. They are also called the Giant Golden Orb Weaver. Often, the webs of all these Golden Orb Weavers are inhabited by kleptoparasites. As a group, they also exhibit extreme male dwarfism and female gigantism.
These spiders were documented at different locations at different times of the day and night. Some are from the Junona Buffer in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. Some are from Pench National Park, specifically the rough terrain of Rukhad and some are from Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary.
The close up of the spider webbing the bee is from the island of Pulau Ubin in Singapore.
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