Giant Joro spiders from Asia have invaded Maryland. These yellow and black orb-weavers make 18-inch webs and could spread ...

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As feared as they might be by large swathes of the global population, spiders have so many positives. For one thing, they're one of the most effective forms of natural pest control, but the fact they ...

Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided ...

For some people, spiders can be quite scary; for others, scarecrows are much spookier. Well, scientists have discovered a freaky fact about some orb-weaver spiders, who are the ones that spin circular ...

The extraordinary anti-predator strategy of two tiny, orb-weaving spider species has been uncovered by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Florida. Several ...

Researchers have discovered what could be the world’s largest known spider’s web, an arachnid “megacity” teeming with tens of thousands of the creatures in a cave on the Albania-Greece border. The ...

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A household unknowingly shared their residence with over 2,000 spiders across a five-year period – and the findings left researchers astounded. Scientists discovered a staggering 2,055 brown recluse ...

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