Araneus to use the genus in their publications, notably Franganillo (1913, 1918), Hingston (1932), Kaston (1948) and Marples (1957). Chamberlin and Ivie published a new species, "Epeira miniata", in 1944, which was rejected. Jean-Henri Fabre refers to "Argiope" spiders as "Epeira" in his 1928 book "The Life of the Spider" ("La Vie des araignées"), within the family "Epeirae". James Henry Emerton also uses the genus "Epeira" in his 1902 book "The Common Spiders of the United States", but refers to spiders mostly now considered "Araneus". The popular 1893 book "American Spiders and their Spinningwork" by Henry Christopher McCook also uses "Epeira"
The Unicorn in the Garden 1950 film "Harvey" contains a scene depicting characters at a psychiatrist's office, where Veta is committed to the institution instead of Elwood. Dr. Richard Lenski, leader of the "E. coli" long-term evolution experiment, made an allusion to the story in a widely disseminated response to Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly (who expressed doubt Lenski found an evolutionary beneficial mutation in "E. coli" bacteria): "In other words, it's not that we claim to have glimpsed 'a unicorn in the garden' – we have a whole population of them living in my lab!" The of the TV series "Life on Mars" has similarities