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Family: NEPHILIDAE Simon, 1894

nephilid spiders

Similar Families

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Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 2 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Nephila Leach, 1815

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)

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