Spider ID please.

[Van2]

Hi to all.

Can anyone please ID this spider for me. Found it in Swaziland close to the Mlawula Game Park. My first thought was that it is a Golden Orb-web, but doesn't resemble the ones I'm familiar with. This one is about 55mm including legspan.

Thanks,
Hannes.

[it_bit_me]

You should look at Argiope aswell.

[Van2]

Thanks man.

Yes dis have a look at the Argiope species, but could not find anything close to this one.

Here is another pic from n different angle...hope it helps.

Like I said it's a fairly big bodied spider...bigger than any other orb-web I've ever seen.

[Ceratogyrus]

Its a spider from the genus Nephilengys.
The "web hide" gives this genus away compared to the usual Nephila species.

[Van2]

Thanks Ceratogyrus.