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The spider, a new species called Nephila jurassica
Wired Top Stories Lisa Grossman 2011
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Researchers say they've discovered the biggest spider fossil ever documented, a new species dubbed Nephila jurassica.
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The variation of the Nephila species, named as Nephila Komaci, was discovered by US and Slovenian researchers in Africa and Madagascar
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It might be the largest web-spinning spider, but a related golden orb spider found along the US gulf coast (Nephila clavipes) spins webs well larger than three feet across.
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Nephila Komaci has a limited range and is believed to be an endangered species.
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It might be the largest web-spinning spider, but a related golden orb spider found along the US gulf coast (Nephila clavipes) spins webs well larger than three feet across.
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"Whatever drama you see in the bond market or the equity market, it's not going to make the earth shake or the wind blow," and so won't have much of an impact on weather-related instruments, said Barney Schauble , managing principal at Nephila Advisors, an affiliate of Nephila Capital, which manages $4.5 billion, including securities tied to natural disasters.
Wagers Surge as Storms Blow In Dan Strumpf 2011
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Sir William Macgreggor, ex-Governor of Queensland, has described the Papuan art of fishing by means of kites, the lure being a tassel of the web of a spider of the Nephila species.
Tropic Days 2003
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Even the _Nephila plumipes_, which, it has been intimated, is "Christian in its disposition, and well-behaved beyond most of its kind," will readily bite, if it is held in the fingers and anything is put to its jaws.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various
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I will add, finally, that I believe some other geometrical spiders, especially of the genus _Nephila_, may be found as docile, and as productive of beautiful silk, as the species I have described.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various
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