Anyone else notice it has a leg missing ? Just as horrible with only
seven.
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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:34 PM
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Subject: Bird eating spider?
Please don't kill the spider!
Gorgeous photo, by the way. Mind you, with such a stunning subject, it
is hard to do otherwise.
You are right that it is Nephila sp. and she (it is a female) are known
as bird-eating spiders, as are many are spiders of a huge variety of
species, Eating birds is very rare. Birds are not their preferred food.
Their webs are very strong and they will occasionally catch a very small
bird.
This is a very common spider, extremely docile and a divine creature to
look at. Leave her be and enjoy her. I would be most surprised if you
ever saw a bird in the web.
Other Queenslanders may choose to disagree. I am well known for my
extreme bias towards spiders!
Lynne
> We have an enormous spider in our yard (in Brisbane) that we haven't
> seen before. Its spectacular, with a body length around 7-8 cm. I
> think I have ID'd it correctly as `Nephila pilipes' The Northern Giant
> Orb spider. The link to the photo I took of it today is below:
>
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/SPIDER.jpg
>
> So when I was trying to ID it on google, I came across a youtube video
> of one of these eating a young lewin honeyeater that it had trapped in
> its nest. OMG!
>
> We are friends with our local birds and wouldn't want to see them
> eaten by a giant spider! But its also a very cool giant spider!
>
> Should we kill it to stop it from eating birds and breedng up a colony
> of giant bird eating spiders? Or just leave it? I don't want to kill
> it, but then I'd feel pretty cut if a young bird I know died in its
> web.
>
> Thanks for your opinions!
>
> Cheers,
> Belinda
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