Trichonephila clavipes; Golden-orb Spider; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Thalurania+colombica&title_tag=Thalurania+colombica>Thalurania colombica</a>)</small>

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Trichonephila clavipes; Golden-orb Spider; (shown with Thalurania colombica)

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Trichonephila clavipes
Golden-orb Spider
(shown with Thalurania colombica)

Photographer: Donald Filipiak

ID: 0000 0000 0811 2485 (2011-08-19)

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date of photo 2010

location Rara Avis, Las Horquetas (Costa Rica)

family Nephilidae

order Araneae

class Arachnida

notes The Thalurania colombica, violet-crowned woodnymph (hummingbird) was ensnared in the Nephila's web, which was suspended above a patch of Stachytarpheta.

camera Nikon D3000

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Spider

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common names Golden-orb Spider (photographer)

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