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Banana Spider

Nephila clavipes

Photo by Joel Paula
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Description:

Also called a golden orb-web spider, they are very large and spin enormous webs. Walking into one of their webs may cause you to scream in terror, but the spiders are not harmful to humans.

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Nephila clavipes

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PublishedAugust 19, 2011

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