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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]
A 1960s commercial for Aunt Jemima pancakes appropriates the music from the song with lyrics that promote the product: "Wow-e-ay, it's Aunt Jemima Day." In the Monty Python sketch "Spot The Loony", one of the characters is named "Miles Yellowbird, up high in banana tree". The name quotes the opening words of the Bergman lyrics.
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
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 ...
This spider is a common but often uncomfortable sight and has been dominating populations around the Palmetto State.
Soon, the Spider noticed a swarm of Hornets loitering near one, and he crept close to them, readying his gourd. Anansi then sprinkled some of his water at the Mmoboro Hornets, careful to save some for himself. The Spider then doused himself with the remaining water he had collected and cut a leaf from a Banana tree nearby, covering his head ...
In some Eastern traditions, the spider takes on the symbolic role of illusion itself. "In Hindu and Buddhist tradition, the spider is connected to illusion. Think 'web of illusion,'" Popescu explains.
Argiope appensa, also referred to as the Hawaiian garden spider [2] or banana spider, is an orb-weaving spider belonging to the family Araneidae. Distribution and habitat [ edit ]