Banana spider may refer to: * Cupiennius, a South and Central American genus of spiders * Phoneutria, also known as Brazilian wandering spiders, a related South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders * Golden silk orb-weaver (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, a species of the genus Trichonephila indigenous to continental North and South America * Banana spider myth, an urban legend regarding huntsman spiders