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Golden Silk Orbweaver Spider

Golden Silk Orbweaver Spider
Trichonephila clavipes
This striking spider is a predominantly southeastern US spider
The gold dragline silk of this spider's web has attracted much interest
for its amazing tensile strength. Scientists continue to analyze its composition.

Not Your Itsy Bitsy Spider MOVIE
"Not Your Itsy Bitsy Spider" MOVIE		 VIDEO OF GRAVID FEMALE
VIDEO OF GRAVID FEMALE		 Female and Male in Web
Female and Male in Web		 Female, Lateral
Female, Lateral		 Female
Female		 Female, Portrait
Female, Portrait
Male, Dorsal
Male, Dorsal		 Female and Male in Web
Female and Male in Web		 Gravid Female
Gravid Female		 Gravid Female
Gravid Female 		Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral
Female, Portrait
Female, Portrait		 Female, Lateral
Female, Lateral		 Female, Lateral
Female, Lateral		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral		 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Caught in Golden Silk Spider Web
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Caught in Golden Silk Spider Web		 Female with Prey
Female with Prey
Female with Cicada Prey
Female with Cicada Prey		 Female, Frontal
Female, Frontal		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral		 Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal		 Female Lateral
Female Lateral		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral
Female, Abdomen Detail
Female, Abdomen Detail		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral		 Female, Frontal
Female, Frontal		 Female, Frontal, Pedipalps
Female, Frontal, Pedipalps		 Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal		 Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral		 Female, Ventral
Female, Ventral		 Female, Dorsal
Female, Dorsal		 Juvenile Female
Juvenile Female
Immature
Immature		 Female, Head Detail, Dorsal
Female, Head Detail, Dorsal		 Female, Head Detail, Ventral
Female, Head Detail, Ventral		 Golden Silk Orbweaver
Golden Silk Orbweaver

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Don07-Jul-2013 18:40
Diverse and excellent series of this interesting species.
Ash 31-Aug-2011 00:52
Also, they have the coolest looking heads: the shape and color reminds me strongly of a skull. (Anyone play Legend of Zelda? Remember the Skulltula??)
Ash 31-Aug-2011 00:49
When I lived in a rural part of Florida near Tampa, I frequently saw this specimen; we (erroneously) called them "banana spiders." They create such exquisite webs, very geometric and architectural. I would often see one large matron, her abdomen about thumb size, in the web accompanied by a few much smaller (I called them little princesses--I think they were in-training, lol) and tiny others that were difficult to see, made apparent when the sun reflected off of them like a mirror. With the right lighting, it looked like diamonds decorating her web; eerily beautiful. And my goodness she was fast! So large, yet so fast. I was often torn between amazed respect for the beauty and complexity of her web and form, and nervousness for having to pass so close under her web to enter my house. They never seemed to mind me, though...
Dave 01-Jul-2010 18:27
This is the spider I saw in a HUGE web on the side of a trailer I once lived in, in Florida. This was quite a large spider with it's abdomen being at least the size of my entire thumb, but this one also had flourescent green-blue markings around it's head. Have you ever seen one like that before?
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