#4354 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Golden Silk Spider

🇳🇱 Nephila clavipes ·Trichonephila clavipes

LCleast concern 🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Francisco Herrera · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Arnaud Aury · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Marshal Hedin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Kauê Teles · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Lucas Garriga · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © David Victoria · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Lucas Garriga · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Trichonephila clavipes is the only species of the genus Trichonephila indigenous to continental North and South America. In the United States, it is commonly known as the "banana spider".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 68,679iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
68,679 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Golden Silk Spider
Nederlands: Nephila clavipes
scientific name: Trichonephila clavipes
class: Arachnida
order: Araneae
family: Nephilidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 0
sightings in Europe: 1
sightings worldwide: 68,679
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1767

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Nephilidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 904336, Wikidata Q116753769, GBIF 2149478, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.