You’re walking back to the house at dusk.Thinking about dinner. Not thinking about spiders. Then you hit a web.Across the ...

Blossoms abound on the stems of these plants and at any time, hundreds of these five-petaled purple flowers are open. A crab spider uses phlox petals to do its hunting during a late summer day. Note ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Some creepy crawlers are back just in time for spooky season. Experts tell FOX Carolina News they’re seeing an increase in spiders this fall. One of the most ...

The scary-looking, ominously-named wolf spider is actually a beneficial insect. Wolf spiders belong to the class Arachnida and are members of the family Lycosidae (derived from the Greek word lycos, ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A research team from the Oxford College of Emory University is studying the Joro spiders in North Georgia to understand their impact on the local ecosystem. The team, led by Dr.

(WJW) — Wildlife experts call it Ohio’s “most aquatic” spider — and it’s very clear why once you learn all the acrobatic tricks this eight-legged critter can conjure up while lurking on the water’s ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

Tangle-web spiders can catch prey up to 50 times their size thanks to their pulley system-like hunting strategy. Photo by Emanuele Olivetti It sounds like a scene out of a horror movie. A hapless ...