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A kind of giant wood spider or nephila maculata (Taipei County 台北縣, Taiwan)

This specimen's body is about 6cm long. I haven't identified the sub-spiece yet. They call it something like the "Human face spider" in Taiwanese because the thorax of the spider shows the pattern of a face.

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Taiwan, Formose, Formosan, 台湾, taiwanais, taiwanaise, Taiwanese, field trip, 台北縣, Taipei County, NTU, Hydrotech Research Institute, National Taiwan University, 國立臺灣大學, giant wood spider, golden orb weaver, nephila maculata, nephila clavata, human face
A kind of giant wood spider or nephila maculata
Camera  NIKON D2H
Shutter  1/80 s
Aperture  f/4
ISO  200
Date  Nov 12, 2005
Focal  280 mm
LensAF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 G
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