'Giant' orb web spider discovered
Largest Web-Spinning Spider Found
Meet the newest odd couple of the animal kingdom: the giant female and tiny male of the largest web-spinning spider known to science: Nephila komaci.
The female of the species has a leg span of up to 5 inches (12 centimeters), while the male—which spends much of its time clambering on its partner's back—barely reaches an inch (2.5 centimeters), a new study says.
Nephila komaci
Nephila komaci is a member of the golden orb-web spider group and is the largest web-spinning spider known.[1] Few specimens have been found in South Africa and Madagascar. N. komaci females are the largest Nephila yet discovered. Its tip-to-tip leg span is about 12 centimetres, and spins a web that is equally impressive in size, measuring more than a metre in diameter. (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091020/science/science_giant_spider)
Discovery of the Largest Orbweaving Spider Species: The Evolution of Gigantism in Nephila
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