Identifying common types of spider webs can help you understand if you're hosting a harmless and handy manager of pests or an unwelcome intruder.

Massive Joro spiders have popped up everywhere in Georgia, but professors may have found a way to understand their population ...

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If you have been on edge dodging spider webs around your home, you are not the only one. The Upstate is reporting increased ...

W alking deeper into a smelly cave along the Albania-Greece border, cavers shined their flashlights along the rock walls and ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – October is already spooky with haunted hayrides and Halloween decorations but add in spiders and you’ve got one scary month! This is the time of year when we see more spiders ...

A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid spread across the United States (U.S.). Read on to find out where this spider ...

In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that are 3-4 ...

SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big ...

Black widows, infamous for their shiny black bodies and the red hourglass pattern seen on adult females, deliver a painful ...

October is not just spooky season but also mating season for spiders, meaning that the creepy crawlers are more prevalent in ...

For more information, visit the contest web page. The Joro spiders are a non-native species of spider from Japan and other ...