Orb Weaver Spider nature-inspired décor Italy as the background

Italy as the background

known to navigate and orient themselves using the Milky Way

secondary forests

This specimen is encased in a 3x4” frame

Orb Weaver Spider nature-inspired décor Italy as the backgroundNephila 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,