Nice Spider… A Batik Golden Web Spider
Nephila clavata
On a hike yesterday I almost put my face through this spider’s web that took up the whole path. I was lucky to see it – and, I’ve never done this before but I used a stick to gently break the web so nobody else would end up with this thing on their face. Then I had a (moral) license to play with him so I shot some video. Amazing spider.
Here’s the spider video at ThaiPulse Travel Channel, embedded below:
As you can see, the quality degrades considerably when YouTube changes it.
For higher quality video – right click this link: (sorry, didn’t upload correctly – will upload a good one at the internet cafe later today) Spider video and follow instructions below…
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Where did you see this spider? I almost ran into one when I was 8 and my parents and I were touring Bang-Pe waterfall near Phuket.
I am om Samui and in Lamai. On my neighbours hose this spider has made his web and are sitting, waiting for something maybe. It is beutiful and BIG!
VERY NICE!
-Sure, it made the arachnophobe in me cringe… But I can still see that it IS beautiful.
I also saw one of these on the jungle track behind Railey beach in Thailand (around new years 2008/9). I walked past it, just, and wouldn’t even have noticed it if I wouldn’t have turned around to check on my girlfriend – and there it was, half a meter from my face. Kind of a scary situation when I think back at it.
Anyway, here’s a picture (sizewise it was bigger than my hand):
http://cl.ly/26ei
Great photo – thanks for sharing that. Yep, I think they’re all over Thailand.