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Hi there. I live in NW Florida, which was positively infested with these elegant Spiders about 5 years ago. The largest one I have found to date was, legs included in the 'resting' position, as big around as a dinner plate. She was in the deeper parts of the woods behind our house, and after she merely twitched a leg at the spurt of Raid one of my hiking buddies sprayed on her we decided that we really didn't want to continue our nature walk, anyhow :) The females are known to form communal webs, and are very clever survivalists, as spiders go. We had one (affectionately called 'Borg Queen') who kept trying to string a web between the oak tree, the azalea bush and the side of the house. Every morning we would sweep the web off the house, and every evening when we came home Borgie would have reattached it. This cycle went on for about two weeks before she got the bright idea to climb the light pole, swing over to the tree, then DOWN to the azalea bush, leaving the house completely untouched. She and about 15 other females then proceeded to build their web around the streetlamp, and reap the benefits of the Prehistoric-Sized mosquitoes that Fl is famous for. Hope this helped!
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∙ 12y agoCertain species can be up to 60-80 mm (2.4-3.1 in) including the legs. This particular group of spiders is relatively large, especially the females.
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∙ 11y agoThe largest orb weavers are in the genus Nephilla (the golden-silk orb weavers). They may reach a body length of about two inches.
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