Its name comes from the Jorogumo spider of Japanese folklore. It is a type of golden orb-weaver spider and spins its webs with a shiny golden silk. These webs are huge!

Nephila (Golden Silk Orb-Weaver). Image via Openverse. While Nephila spiders, including the golden orb-weavers, are known for their strong silk, this newly discovered spider trumps them all. By ...

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 ...

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 ...

During a virtual interview with WDRB News, Fortner brought out a golden silk orb weaver spider. Handling it with ease, she admitted she used to be terrified of spiders as a child, but after ...

Hudson grew up in southern Alabama and Georgia and recalls experiences with the golden silk orb-weaver, a relative of the Joro . “We would see those spiders once in a while, but you'd see one or ...

Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...

What are the differences between these two large yellow and black spiders? Let's find out about the Joro spider vs. Golden Silk Orb-Weaver!

But you would also probably accidentally kill the baby spider just by like scratching your head." Joros are known as a type of orb weaver spider.

August is spider season. The orb-weaver spiders in my yard spend winter tucked away in the egg sacs their mothers made for them in autumn. Come springtime, the spiderlings climb out of their egg ...

They got help from down South, buying specimens from a company that collects golden orb weaver spiders in Florida.