Orb Weaver Spider SWAG rice paper butterfly or large

rice paper butterfly or large tree nymph

This specimen is encased in a 9x9 frame

The specimen is encased in a scientific Riker Mount measuring 5

but also occurs in riverine forest habitats and in dense savannah throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa from Sierra Leone to Sudan and Ethiopia

The specimen is encased in a 3 x 4“ frame

Orb Weaver Spider SWAG rice paper butterfly or largeNephila spiders are especially noted for the impressive webs they weave. This particular specimen is Nephila maculata. The species can be found from Japan down to Australia and west to India. They also show extreme sexual size dimorphism, in which the male is a fraction of the size of the female. The background photo was taken by MyMy Butterfly of the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist from the grounds of Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah,