Golden Silk Orb Weaver Spider Traditional Cache
Golden Silk Orb Weaver Spider
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The Golden Silk Orb Weaver Spider (genus Nephila) a.k.a The Banana Spider
The golden silk orb-weavers are a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous individual species found around the world. They are also commonly called golden orb-weavers, giant wood spiders, or banana spiders. In North America, the golden silk orb-weavers (see also Nephila clavipes) are sometimes referred to as writing spiders due to occasional zigzag patterns (stabilimenta) built into their webs, though these occur much more frequently in the webs of Argiope, such as the St Andrew's Cross spider.
Nephila spiders are the oldest surviving genus of spiders, with a fossilized specimen known from 165 million years ago
The name of the golden silk orb-weavers refers to the color of the spider silk, not the color of the spider itself.
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