Largest Web-Spinning Spider Found
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 14:56
in Biology & Nature
The female of the new golden orb-weaver species Nephila komaci has a leg span of up to five inches—about ten times larger than the male—say scientists who found the giant web-spinning spider.
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