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Trichonephila clavipes (formerly known as Nephila clavipes), commonly known as the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, golden orb weaver spider or colloquially banana spider (a name shared with several others), is an orb-weaving spider species which inhabits forests and wooded areas ranging from the southern US to Argentina. [3]
Banana spider may refer to: Cupiennius, a South and Central American genus of spiders; Phoneutria, also known as Brazilian wandering spiders, a related South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders; Golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila), a widespread genus of large but rather harmless spiders, noted for their large durable webs
Cupiennius, known by the common name bromeliad spiders or as the often confused name banana spiders, [2] is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trechaleidae, named by Eugène Simon in 1891. [3] They are found from Mexico to northwestern South America, and on some Caribbean islands.
Banana spiders in South Carolina have a knack for creating substantially large webs and will even sit right in the center of them. Generally found in trees or tall bushes, this is not a web you ...
Banana spiders in South Carolina have a knack for creating substantially large webs and will even sit right in the center of them. Generally found in trees or tall bushes, this is not a web you ...
Growing up in the 1990s, it seemed like banana spiders were everywhere. But many residents say they haven't seen the massive creepy crawlers in years.
These spiders acquired their other common name, "banana spider", because it is claimed that they are occasionally found in shipments of bananas, though the number of reports is exaggerated due to common misidentifications of unrelated spiders. A survey of spiders found in international shipments to North America revealed that only 7 of 135 ...
It is the banana spider’s doppelganger, the Brazilian Wandering Spider, that was named the most venomous animal in 2007 by the Guinness Book of World Records. To tell the two apart, take a ...