The spiny orb-weaver spider, true to its name ... These spines, often brightly colored in hues of white, yellow, red, or black, serve as both a form of protection and visual deterrent against ...

As an Aussie, you know we have to check just about everything for creepy crawlies before using it - especially if it’s been ...

The golden silk orb weaver is one of the most common ... who think that the spider is one of them, allowing the spider to ambush the unaware ants. Female red-spotted ant mimics measure from ...

A paper written by Chinese scientists, titled "Description of six new genera and twenty species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan ...

A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular "Mandopop" musician Jay Chou. Mi Xiaoqi, a professor at Tongren University in China's southwestern Guizhou province, listed ...

A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...