Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found


	Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found

xpersianx

11-5-2009 8:11 AM

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11-5-2009 9:11 AM

wiganfootie

WOW,thought the ones in my garden were big

11-5-2009 9:42 AM

xpersianx

See ! At the end of the day , size matters !

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/17bf553e-afc9-4ba3-8777-54ce958d0de0/A65CABE1-2021-467E-8ED9-57A0B2B255A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/1CEC85E4-9DB0-4992-A608-C11F963689FA" alt="nephila komaci largest web spinning spider" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/"><P>The largest web-spinning spider in the world has been identified, and she’s a terror. The <EM>Nephila komaci</EM> was discovered in South Africa and displays some rather fascinating characteristics. Its webs, which can reach up to one meter wide, are impressive. But the most striking feature of the spider is its extreme sexual size dismorphism; in plain English, that means the female of the species is dramatically larger than the male.<BR /><SPAN id="more-10927"></SPAN><BR /><IMG title="nephila komaci" height="312" alt="nephila komaci" hspace="0" src="http://webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nephila-komaci.jpg" width="468" vspace="0" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/"><P>The average female Nephila komaci is approximately 40 mm long. The male of the species is about one-fifth the size of the female, and is often devoured after inseminating the female. In this pictures, the males are so tiny that it’s hard to believe they are the same species at all. The extreme size difference between the genders isn’t due to </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/5958E942-4F21-4050-B9F6-BEBF7BB572E1" alt="largest web spinning spider" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/04/size-matters-largest-web-spinning-spider-found/">small males; rather, it’s due to female gigantism. The females have evolved into 
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