When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called banana ...

The golden orb weaver on the other hand, spins a tough yellow web which remains a permanent fixture. These webs, which may stretch 2m across, are found throughout the moister forests of the ...

Golden Orb Weaver Spider: Creature Power. Clip | 1m 34s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Chris and Martin take a close look at how the golden orb weaver spider spins its web. 09/20/2015 | Rating TV-Y ...

" Their enormous orange legs are striated with brown bands and their golden, orb-shaped webs can be up to 3 feet in diameter. Photo of a golden silk orb weaver eating a Mediterranean house gecko.

The female Golden Silk Orb-weaver, ... It is generally the female spiders that we see on the webs as the male orb-weavers are often tiny in comparison to the larger females. ...

Orb weaver spiders seem to trick male fireflies into blinking in a pattern more like females, researchers report August 19 in Current Biology. The femalelike lights lure other males into the web ...

Male fireflies caught in an orb-weaver spider’s web start flashing in an unusual pattern, a deadly deception that seems to attract additional victims for the spider. Close. Advertisement.

A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus.Researchers believe that these spiders may manipulate the bioluminescent signals that fireflies use to find mates.

An orb-weaving spider (Araneus ventricosus) with two ensnared male fireflies (Abscondita terminalis), one of which has a luminescent lantern (right). CREDIT: Xinhua Fu.