Hi Chaitra, How about the indian Nephila kuhlii? They do exhibit sexual dimorphism. in fact Nephila is famous for it; the female is much larger than the male....
Hi Friedrich and Chitra During my visits in the forest as director of the park, I observed the Nephila are very common with very big web during rainy season...
Hi, we are organising jungle safaris in May 2008 in Kanha / Bandhavgarh / Jim Corbett National Parks especially for nature lovers and photographers. These...
Hi Sri, It's not a jumping spider but the green lynx spider. Moderator of http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/cocoonswapping/ Friedrich from the Netherlands ......
Dear Friends, Today we have completed three years of association. And I am sure all of us have gained a lot for sharing in these three years of exchange. I...
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Congratulations and the credit goes to you for starting and moderating all these lovely and lively groups. THough I dearly miss sudhi's spider a week we should...
it looks like brown lynx. It is not a jumping spider. Lynx spiders have the specifc eye formation as visible in the picture. Janaki Turaga ... Subject:...
Congratulations. Vijay, Thanks to you for bringing together old and young, amateur and expert, silent and lively, national and international biodiversity...
CONGRATULATIONS!! My special thanks once again to those who assisted in identifying my spiders. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai kiranjo@... _____ From:...
CONGRATULATIONS!! Many thanks to Vijay for starting this group and othersincluding Vijay for putting interesting information in it. I am still looking for one...
Thanks to the founder of this group and to all members of this nice forum. It has been a wonderful experience-both fun and learning. Janaki Turaga Vijay Barve...
Cheeeeeeeeeeers................. ... From: Vijay Barve <barvevijay@...> To: spiderindia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:19:36 AM ...
Hi Vijay, I just happened to stumble upon this group when I was searching for 'Indian Spiders' on google search. I was amazed to find this group actually...
Dear Bibhas ji, I am thrilled to read your detailed introduction and happy to know that you were associated with Dharmendra, who is also on the group. Regards,...
Vijay Barve
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Feb 22, 2008 3:55 am
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Hi I am not sure of the identity but I have seen this spider in Bangalore. Regards, Vijay...
Vijay Barve
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Hi Bibhas, I had enquired about the work done on SGNP spiders with Manisha Shah some 4 weeks ago and was curious to know what eventually happened to the...
This is specifically for Spider lovers in this list from Mumbai /Thane, LIKE EVERY YEAR THIS TIME TOO VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP A VIGIL at Sanjay Gandhi...
Hello everyone, One of my young friend, has a question; As in case of Giant wood spider & signature spider, why do female spider eat away the male spider? Also...
Hi Tejal, The females eat the males when they are able to because they need the proteins to produce the eggs. Females are much bigger because there must be...
Dear Vishweshwar, Thank you very much for your interesting question. See answer for 2nd point. Dwarf males are often found in species with sedentary females,...
Here is a close-up photo of a Tent Spider, Cyrtophoa sps. identified on this site by experts. This spider is mere millimetres in size and had eluded me till...
A better photograph of a Tent Spider! Another photo of a tiny spider we accidentally found on the rocky ground in Sanjay Gandhi National Park. This needs to be...
The second spider is Neoscona bengalensis. Its a very common spider throughout India, strictly nocturnal. Warm regards, S.M. Maqsood Javed and Archana Waran,...
