The invasive Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) is endemic to East Asia. It was first discovered in the U.S. in North ...

Golden orb weaver spiders (Nephila clavipes) keep track of how many insects are caught in their webs. Túngara frogs (Physalaemus pustulosus) even stage numerical duels as part of their mating ritual: ...

Looking for a chemical-free way to keep spiders out of your home? Peppermint oil can be an effective repellent, as spiders ...

Their unique webs catch insects that fall into the funnel and get caught, providing dinner for the grass spider! Orb Weaver (Araneidae) Orb Weavers build their large webs and then dangle below, ...

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The Tetragnatha spider stretches its legs to become nearly invisible. Learn how this clever behavior helps it hunt and survive near water.

Yet that predation-by-silk-and-toxic-barf turns out to be exactly how the spider called a feather-legged lace weaver (Uloborus plumipes) kills its meals.Zancolli and colleagues describe the novel ...

While you might think that we've learned all we need to from feeding spiders illegal drugs, people working at NASA in the 1990s disagreed. In 1995, scientists from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center ...

Most spider bites only cause minor symptoms, like red skin, swelling, and pain at the site. You can tell you’ve encountered a spider bite because you’ll be able to see faint puncture marks in ...

Some other striking images are of the primrose moth, with distinct vivid pink and yellow coloring; a spiny-backed orb weaver spider with a pagoda-like posterior; a katydid — a type of cricket — with a ...

They became faintly luminescent 2 or 3 days after oviposition and remained luminescent until they hatched. Six predators of this firefly were recorded: wolf spiders (n = 2) (Lycosidae), an orb weaver ...