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title: "Banded-legged golden orb-web spider"
description: "Trichonephila senegalensis — Insecten en spinnen. Trichonephila senegalensis is a species of spider in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/banded-legged-golden-orb-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Banded-legged golden orb-web spider

> Trichonephila senegalensis — Insecten en spinnen. Trichonephila senegalensis is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Trichonephila senegalensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2665
- Wikidata: [Q116263156](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116263156)
- iNaturalist taxon: [904342](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/904342)

## Names

- en: Banded-legged golden orb-web spider
- fr: Néphile du Sénégal

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1475), CV (163), NA (155), BW (154), ZW (86), MZ (59), SN (37), NG (31), ZM (24), SZ (22), TZ (21), MW (19)

## Summary

Trichonephila senegalensis is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is an African endemic commonly known as the banded-legged golden orb-web spider.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichonephila_senegalensis

## Photo

![Banded-legged golden orb-web spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-legged-golden-orb-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: rosshawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149545850

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banded-legged-golden-orb-web-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).