When it comes to cool and creepy creatures like spiders, it's always fun to learn about the biggest and baddest species in your area. But what happens when the biggest species is elusive or rare? In...
Category: Arachnids
Few things in the natural world combine excitement and horror quite like big spiders. While most spiders are fairly small and often easily overlooked, some members of the spider order Araneae are...
Have you ever stomped a spider and noticed a strange, milky-looking substance mixed in with the bits of bristly legs and carapace? Where is the bright red blood that we humans associate with injury?...
All spiders are predators and we humans are used to predators having teeth. But many spiders are small and their body structures are hard to see. So it's natural to wonder – Do spiders have...
People use the term “bug” to refer to a wide variety of creatures, including spiders. It is an informal term that many of us use loosely in the course of conversation, especially when we spot...
Jumping spiders are mighty predators of small insects and invertebrates. However, they are tiny animals, even in comparison to other spiders; the largest species commonly found in the United States,...