GOLDEN ORB SPIDER OLIVER BELLMAN

INTRODUCTION

The Golden Orb Spider is an arachnid.

DESCRIPTION

The female has yellow dots all over her back with a golden strip on her neck.

The male is smaller than the female.

FOOD

The Golden Orb Spider eats large insects, small birds and bats.

HABITAT

It lives in the Daintree Rainforest.

BEHAVIOUR

The male can be attacked by the female. The female hunts during the day.

INTERESTING FACTS

The Golden Orb Spider is the world’s largest two-dimensional web weaver.

It has a very, very, venomous bite. It can kill a bat.