Bird eating spider?

["Belinda Cassidy" <>]

Thanks so much to everyone for clearing that up! Its so interesting to know
*pilipes* and *maculata* are now regarded as the same species.

My seven legged monster is still doing fine! But I'd rescue a bird from her
web in a heartbeat if I found one there:)

Cheers,
belinda

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Greg & Val Clancy <>
wrote:

>  Hi Belinda,
>
> I Googled *Nephila maculata* and *N. pilipes* and it turns out that *
> pilipes* has replaced *maculata* as the specific name for the species.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Greg
>