Golden silk orb-weaver
The golden silk orb-weaver is a large spider with silk that shines golden in sunlight. It lives in forests and wooded areas from the southern United States to Argentina. It is special because its silk is studied by scientists, and because it is one of the largest non-tarantula spiders in North America.1

Como recoñecelo
- Females have a silvery white front body (cephalothorax) and a longer orange-brown abdomen with two rows of small white-yellow spots.1
- Females have dark yellow and brown banding on their legs, with black brush-like tufts of hair near the joints of the first, second and fourth leg pairs.1
- Females are about 24 to 40 mm long when fully grown.1
- Males are much smaller, about 6 mm long, with a plain dark brown body and legs.1
- The large webs are circular and vertical, and the yellow pigment in the silk gives them a golden glow in good light.1
Adoita confundirse con: Trichonephila plumipes also has stiff hairs on its legs. In that species the hairs are set more closely together than in the golden silk orb-weaver.1
Poder da pezoña
A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.
Que fai a súa pezoña?
Its venom has low toxicity. It is relatively harmless and poses little health concern to healthy adult humans.1
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: LeveComa unha picadura de abella ou menos. Practicamente inofensivo para as persoas.It is not known to be aggressive towards humans. It bites only in self-defence if it is touched, and its venom poses little health concern to healthy adults.1
Que fai cando ten medo?
It bites only in self-defence if it is touched.1
Se morde
- Lava a mordedura e ponlle unha bolsa de xeo para a dor. Busca axuda médica se a dor é forte, se se estende ou se a persoa se sente mal.
Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos
Mantente a salvo
- Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
- Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
- Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.
Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo
En que lugar do mundo?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
mide máis ou menos coma un clip
podería percorrer 100 metros en 210 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)Que tamaño ten Golden silk orb-weaver comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.
Que rápido é?
Datos
Its silk may help in surgeries involving the nervous system, as shown in past experimental studies.1
It produces seven different types of silk, and its silk is valued in spider silk research.1
Its genome was the first of the orb-weaving spiders to be completely annotated, revealing 28 unique genes for spider silk proteins.1
Some individuals living in developed areas have grown significantly larger than their rural counterparts.1
Males rarely suffer sexual cannibalism or genital mutilation, unlike males of many related species, which makes it a focus of study into spider mating.1
Females are some of the largest non-tarantula spiders in North America, and may be the largest orb-weaver species native to the United States.1
Desmontamitos
Mito: The golden silk orb-weaver is an aggressive spider that attacks people.
Verdade: It is not known to be aggressive towards humans. It bites only in self-defence if it is touched.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Trichonephila clavipes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Trichonephila clavipes (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
- Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
Morde