#4404 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Giant Golden Orbweaver
Nephila pilipes
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
what is it?
Nephila pilipes ( northern golden orb weaver or giant golden orb weaver ) is a species of golden orb-web spider. It can be found in Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30–50 mm (overall size up to 20 cm), with males growing to 5–6 mm....
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 44,592 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 (233 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Giant Golden Orbweaver
- scientific name
- Nephila pilipes
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Nephilidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 44,592
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1793 by Johan Christian Fabricius
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Nephilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 68390, Wikidata Q286128, GBIF 2149490, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.