Talk:Nephila

message: I have a 1989 issue of the Guinness Book of World Records and it says that the webbing is so strong that it could ensnare humans. This should be mentioned. 205.240.146.233 (talk) 04:14, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Web Strength

message: Is this spider poisonous?  If so, how poisonous?  I think that this information would definitely add to the definition.
:Nephila clavipes is definitely not venomous to humans, although I assume that like other spiders it can inject venom into its prey, I would imagine that if one of the genus is not venomous, so are the rest, but I don't know that as a fact. jimfbleak 07:07, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They are not venomous, but their bite is very painful and can cause shock. Rusty2005 14:48, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I consulted this article to see if these spiders were venemous or not.  I think it would be a good idea for someone who is knowledgeable on this subject to introduce this information into the main text.--Skb8721 14:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article now contradicts itself, saying that the venom is both lethal and non-lethal to humans.  Which is it? Anty (talk) 08:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Poison?

message: Nephila spiders in India usually go by the common name of Giant Wood Spiders. Wonder if that name can be included. Shyamal 08:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wood Spider

message: How big is this type of spider? I can't see the info on the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.162.239.103 (talk) 21:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Size

message: I'd like to see a citation on the claim of fear of cockroaches.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.140.144 (talk) 02:00, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cockroaches

message: The bits about an Aussie golden orb weaver big enough to eat a bird has cropped up. I think it's bullcrap. There's only one source, the UK Telegraph, that font of indisputable news... I'll investigate further. JQ (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bird Eater 

message: "Fishermen on coasts of the indopacific ocean remove Nephila webs and form them into a ball, which is thrown into the water. There it unfolds and is used to catch bait fish.[2]"
Surely this is an insane lie?! 121.44.118.184 (talk) 12:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Insane Lie?

message: Banana spider redirects here; in the external links section, "banana spider" is mentioned as well, but the whole article body never mentions the term. Can someone explain in the article why this spider is also known as banana spider? Han-Kwang (t) 07:44, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banana? 

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message: In the main article, the spider "attempts" to eat the snake (four photos). 
Eyewitness, photographer: "You could see the spider just chewing into it and the part which the spider was eating had gone all black and the insides were bubbling." 
After an hour-long fight, the snake died from the venom.
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2012/04/19/215081_local-news.html
Could someone insert this? I think it's pretty cool.
Shlishke (talk) 06:58, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Golden orb attempts to eat (and kills) river snake 

message: The yellow and black garden spider can commonly be mistaken for a banana spider.  These garden spiders however, are not poisonous. 
Can anyone identify if this is a banana spider? thumb I live in the Foothills of the Applacian Mountains in North Georgia, USA if that helps.  I think it is a banana spider. It makes wonderful webs around my door frames. -- ТимофейЛееСуда.  20:19, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  spider identification 

message: That cape is freakin beautiful!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.119.70.195 (talk) 01:53, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cape 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: WP:RS seems very clear to me that a YouTube video is not a reliable source, hence this edit, later undone. WP:RS says:  – a YouTuber, however well known, is not a "reliable third party". WP:RSSELF applies: . See also WP:UGC.
The video could be added as an External link, in my view (although I suspect even this will be disputed), but cannot be used to support any assertion in the text of the article which requires a reliable published source. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:38, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube video 

message: This article faces a very serious problem; the majority of the cited sources refer to species presently in the genus Trichonephila rather than Nephila. Someone is going to need to carefully evaluate any such outdated sources, and move them and the information therein to the Trichonephila article. Dyanega (talk) 17:38, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Many references do not refer to species in this genus