If you’ve noticed a large, bright yellow spider spinning a golden web between your porch columns or stretched across your ...

Black widow spiders are small but carry one of the most potent venoms of any spider in North America. Their venom contains a ...

A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...

Researchers Louis Coticchio and Deby Cassill examine a brown recluse spider specimen in Cassill's University of South Florida lab. TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2026) – A newly published study co-authored by ...

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William J. Baerg was a naturalist, entomologist and teacher who served as head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for 31 years. His research on black widow ...

Patricia Shields claims her landlord won't let her out of her lease, even though her apartment is infested with venomous spiders Courtesy of P.Shields A woman is suing her landlord, claiming that they ...

LARGO, Fla. (WTSP/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) - A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit against her apartment complex, alleging negligence after suffering multiple spider bites that led to the amputation of two ...

AGAINST HER APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER SEVERE SPIDER BITES. PATRICIA SHIELDS SAYS SPIDERS LIKE THIS ONE WERE FOUND IN THE BATHROOM OF HER OLD APARTMENT IN LARGO. SHE SAYS SEVERAL OF THE SPIDER BITES ...