They can have a leg span of up to 12 inches (30.5 cm ... Sure, many huntsman spiders can bite if they feel seriously threatened, but their venom is mild and usually no worse than a bee sting.

As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the UK’s largest spiders and the story of a man who ended up in hospital after ...

Georgia is home to several spider species, and some are venomous. What do they look like? How dangerous are they? What to do ...

Bites from the brown recluse spider almost never result in death but ... including its eight thin legs. It has a plain tan or brown color, with no stripes or patterning. Adults almost always ...

The brown recluse and black widow are the most common venomous spiders in the U.S. and Alabama. What are their habitats and ...

What looks like a spider but isn’t one, lives underwater and breathes through its legs? That would be the mysterious sea spider. With over 1,300 species living in every ocean, these marine ...

Unfortunately for NC arachnophobes, one of these species may prefer hiding in folded linens, closets and shoes.

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, and when to worry about a bite, according to entomologists.

Some tarantulas have hairs on their bellies and legs called urticating hairs ... They'll likely grab their prey and bite it. Then, the spider will inject it with venom, making it unable ...

Of course, anyone who experiences severe symptoms from a spider bite should seek immediate medical ... Six eyes, rather than eight, and uniformly light-colored legs with no stripes or bands ...

The bite is neuropathic like the black widow, but it generally does not spread, so it’s painful but not life threatening. These spiders are brown to dark brown and have long legs. They build ...