Nephila pilipes: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the nephila pilipes lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nephila pilipes
Group	Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Asia, Oceania
Class	Arachnid
Order	Araneida
Family	Araneidae

Where does the nephila pilipes live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the nephila pilipes in 21 countries and territories across Asia and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the nephila pilipes endangered?

The nephila pilipes’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the nephila pilipes?

The nephila pilipes (Nephila pilipes) is an arachnid in the order Araneida and the family Araneidae, genus Nephila. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the nephila pilipes

Nephila pilipes (northern golden orb weaver or giant golden orb weaver) is a species of golden orb-web spider. It resides all over countries in East and Southeast Asia as well as Oceania. It is commonly found in forests and coastal areas, near surface water, and against buildings and other terrain structures. Adult females are very large, with a body length of 25 to 50 mm (1 to 2 inches). Males are dwarfs, measuring only 4 to 6 mm (about 0.2 inch). It is the second largest of the orb-weaving spiders apart from the recently discovered Nephila komaci. The first, second, and fourth pairs of legs of juvenile females have dense hairy brushes, but these brushes disappear as the spider matures.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nephila pilipes (revision 1376847511), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q286128 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).