These very big spiders, (also known in science as trichonephila clavata), can grow up to three inches or even the size of a palm. Their legs and abdomens have brightly colored yellow and black ...

DEAR JOAN: Last weekend, I uncovered my grill and found a large black spider lurking near the side ... Those at the greatest risk are very young children, very old people and those who are ...

"Things like trapdoor spiders look very similar to funnel-webs ... It regularly receives photographic submissions of large, black spiders suspected of being Sydney funnel-web spiders (genus ...

One of my students at Sheffield Hallam University sent me this stunning picture of a very large ... is called the ‘Wasp Spider’ because of its striking yellow and black stripes.

A very large spider gave my son a surprise as he bent down to enter his tent on a recent camping trip to Fort Peck Reservoir. He placed a quarter next to the spider to demonstrate its unusually ...

Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual. These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs. Spiderlings disperse soon ...