Banana spider may refer to: * ''

Cupiennius ''Cupiennius'', known by the common name bromeliad spiders or as the often confused name banana spiders, is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trechaleidae, named by Eugène Simon in 1891. They are found from Mexico to northwestern Sou ...

'', a South and Central American genus of spiders * ''

Phoneutria ''Phoneutria'' is a genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae. They are mainly found in northern South America, with one species in Central America. Members of the genus are commonly referred to as Brazilian wandering spiders. Other English nam ...

'', also known as Brazilian wandering spiders, a related South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders *

Golden silk orb-weaver ''Nephila'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. ''Nephila'' consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around the world, although some species formerly included in the genus have been moved to '' ...

(''Nephila''), a widespread genus of large but rather harmless spiders, noted for their large durable webs * '' Argiope appensa'', a black and yellow spider on several islands in the Western Pacific Ocean * ''

Trichonephila clavipes ''Trichonephila clavipes'' (formerly known as ''Nephila clavipes''), commonly known as the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, golden orb weaver spider or colloquially banana spider (a name shared with Banana spider, several others), is a ...

'', a species of the genus ''

Trichonephila ''Trichonephila'' is a genus of golden orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1911, as a subgenus of '' Nephila''. ''Trichonephila'' was elevated to a genus by Kuntner ''et al.'' in 2019. Distribution and habitat '' ...

'' indigenous to continental

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

* Banana spider myth, an urban legend regarding huntsman spiders

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