Golden Silk Spider [Nephila clavipes]

    This Golden Silk Spider (also known as "Banana Spider") was photographed on 10/12/2004 in the back dunes of the beach at Mayport Naval Station in eastern Duval County. This  female had spun her web on low bushes near wild flowers which were teeming with a variety of butterfly species such as the Gulf Fritillary [Agraulis vanillae] which was entangled in her web.

Golden Silk Spider [Nephila clavipes]

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