Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid is a ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play. Orb weaver spiders, one of the most common families of ...

It's the time of year when the orb-weaver spider's appearance is more common in the Wilmington area. The orb-weaver spider might not be popular or wanted around by many people because of the massive ...

The first time David Coyle saw a Jorō spider outside his house in 2020, he recognized it immediately. The bluish-green bands across its thick yellow abdomen made the critter easily identifiable. At ...

There are more than 50,000 species of spiders in the world, of all different sizes. They live in a wide range of habitats and exhibit many different fascinating behaviors, from spiders that carry ...

A three-inch long Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) was spotted at a local Santa Barbara County business this ...

Kansas State University entomologist Jeff Whitworth adds another scary warning: “And they’re watching you with multiple eyes and fangs made for sucking blood.” But unlike the Addams Family of 1960s ...

Spiders, and their webs might be more noticeable in or around your house this summer. Some Sacramentans are noticing more spiders this year. A Reddit user asked the Sacramento forum this week about ...