THE REPTILE DATABASE. Entomological Society of America (ESA) The Find-a-spider Guide - Golden orb-weaver. Find a spider by... common name location species family webs and egg sacs photos This species exhibits striking sexual dimorphism, the small male often waiting on the periphery of the web.
An important characteristic of the female is the present of black brushes along the legs. The web is remarkably strong and has a characteristic yellow colour as does the fluffy egg sac which tends to be left in the tree the spider was using for support. Nephila webs normally contain a string of debris masses which are the remains of insects the spider has eaten. The tendency to produce such a string is rare among orb weaver species so this is a useful identification feature. Concrete Poured Into Ant Colony Reveals Insect Megalopolis.
A video from Ants: Nature's Secret Power shows off the complicated, seemingly human abilities of non-human builders This extraordinary video clip is from Ants: Nature's Secret Power, a documentary about the world of ants as seen through the eyes of Bert Hölldobler, ant authority and E.O.
Wilson collaborator. Concrete was poured into an giant underground ant megalopolis, which acts as a mold. Bizarre "King of Wasps" Found in Indonesia. The two-inch-long (five-centimeter-long) black insects are shrouded in mystery—all of the wasp specimens caught so far have been dead.
"I'm not certain any researcher has ever seen one alive, but they are very bizarre-looking," said study co-author Lynn Kimsey , an entomologist at the University of California, Davis, who co-discovered the insect. "It's the extreme version of the [larrine wasp] subfamily they belong to. "