Trichonephila
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Trichonephila is a genus of golden orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1911, as a subgenus of Nephila. Trichonephila was elevated to a genus by Kuntner et al. in 2019.
Florida Orb Web Spider Nephila Clavipes
Golden orb weaver female Maputo
Trichonephila edulis with a locust caught in its web, Queensland, Australia
T. antipodiana
Trichonephila clavipes
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Trichonephila clavipes, commonly known as the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, golden orb weaver spider or colloquially banana spider, is an orb-weaving spider species which inhabits forest
Trichonephila
…Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878) – India, Japan, Russia, (Far East), Introduced to Azerbaijan, United States T. c. caerulescens (Ono, 2011) – Japan Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) – United States, Argentina. Introduced to São Tomé and Príncipe (type species) T. c. fasciculata (De Geer, 1778) – United States…
Golden silk orb weaver spider female
Golden silk orb weaver spider Nephila clavipes male
A female Triconephila clavipes on her web
Female ventral side