Long-horned orb-weaver spider. (Photo: Alen thien/Shutterstock) The long horned orb-weaver, Macracantha arcuata, is also known as the curved spiny spider. It's easy to see how it earns either moniker.

The golden silk orb weaver, also known as the banana spider, is large but harmless. These colorful spiders sport what look like fuzzy black workout armbands on their yellow legs.

Golden Orb-Weaver Spider The golden orb-weaver spider is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. It’s on practically every landmass that’s warm enough to host them.

An Orb Weaver spider rests in her drew-soaked web early Wednesday morning, Oct. 12, 2011, near Henderson, Ky. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley) Darrin Phegley/AP They grow up so fast!

Orb-weaver spider -Araneidae- in warning coloration sitting in the center of a ... Ocelots and even a first record of a Neotropical Otter found in this critically endangered tropical dry forest. ...

Modern orb-weaver spiders live in tropical climes, so this fossil suggests that the region where it was found may have had a much muggier climate during the Jurassic than it does today. The oldest ...

The Joro spider can grow up to 4 inches long and may eventually call the D.C. region home. ... and right now the colorful tropical orb weaver is taking hold in Georgia.