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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]
One case is the golden orb weaver (Nephila clavipes), which spins a conspicuous golden coloured web in well-lit areas. Experiments show that bees are able to associate the webs with danger when the yellow pigment is not present, as occurs in less well-lit areas where the web is much harder to see.
Trichonephila plumipes, the Pacific golden orb weaver, [1] is a species of spider found in Australia, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism through its sexual cannibalism behavior. It is sometimes called the tiger spider due to its markings which look similar to a
The species belongs to a group of large spiders known as golden orb-web weavers, ... a type of orb weaver spider native to Japan where it is called joro-gumo or joro spider, waits in its web for ...
Nephila pilipes (northern golden orb weaver or giant golden orb weaver [2]) is a species of golden orb-web spider. It resides all over countries in East and Southeast Asia as well as Oceania. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens. Females are large and grow to a body size of 30–50 mm (overall size up to 20 cm ...
Nephila spiders vary from reddish to greenish yellow in color with distinctive whiteness on the cephalothorax and the beginning of the abdomen. Like many species of the superfamily Araneoidea, most of them have striped legs specialized for weaving (where their tips point inward, rather than outward as is the case with many wandering spiders).
Nephilidae is a spider family commonly referred to as golden orb-weavers. [1] The various genera in the Nephilidae family were formerly placed in Tetragnathidae and Araneidae . All nephilid genera partially renew their webs.
Trichonephila edulis is a species of large spider of the family Nephilidae, formerly placed in the genus Nephila. It is referred to by the common name Australian golden orb weaver. [ 4 ] It is found in Indonesia from Java eastwards, Papua New Guinea , Australia , northern New Zealand , and New Caledonia .