Spider
Giant wood spider
Nephila maculata
On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals list
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- Scientific name
- Nephila maculata
- Family
- Araneidae, order Araneae
- Group
- Spider
A golden-silk weaver with a web as big as a door.
- Spot it Very large black-and-yellow spider with long legs.
- Home Forests and gardens.
- Food web Catches flying insects in huge, strong webs.
- Why it matters Controls flying insects, and its golden silk is very strong.
Read more: Nephila pilipes on Wikipedia
Sources and credits
Records and field notes
- RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Sitamata and Phulwari sanctuaries.[1]
Sources
- Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
- Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.
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