After recent heavy rains caused flash flooding, residents woke to find their porches, trees, and even cars blanketed in thick ...

Many species of spiders are native to Florida. Some of these include wolf spiders, black and yellow Argiope spiders, golden silk orb-weavers, and tarantulas. Although there is an abundance of ...

Orb-weaver spiders are members of the Araneidae family of spiders. They are found in all parts of the world except the Arctic and Antarctica, and there are thousands of different species. In North ...

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, and when to worry about a bite, according to entomologists.

They spin eye-level orb webs to apprehend flying insects. Including their leg span, these orb weavers can grow anywhere between 1 ½ and 6 inches big. The 3- to 5-inch huntsman spider prefers areas ...

Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae and are the most common group of builders of circular webs. Araneids have eight similar eyes, hairy or spiny legs and no stridulating ...

The green lynx spider ( Peucetia viridans ) is much larger than average spiders in the Oxyopidae family ©Ken Beard/Shutterstock.com Florida is home to more than 250 species of spiders that can be ...

Golden silk orb-weavers are big, scary-looking spiders that like to weave huge webs. If you live in Florida, you might have nearly run face-first into a few of these webs while doing yard work.

Joro spiders are "incredibly docile," Dr. David R. Coyle, an assistant professor at Clemson University in South Carolina, told Fox News Digital in an email. He's published research on Joro spiders.

These palm-sized orb weavers are scientifically known as Trichoephila clavata. Joro spiders are native to East Asia and are often found in countries like China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

They're massive, invasive and they can (sort of) fly. Joro spiders, palm-sized orb weavers native to Asia, are invading the United States and spreading like wildfire. The spider reportedly arrived ...

Joro spiders are palm-sized orb weavers native to Asia. They reportedly arrived in the U.S. around 2013 and were first spotted in Georgia in 2021. There have been no confirmed Joro spider ...