Not only is the Darwin’s bark spider’s web gigantic, but it’s also incredibly durable. The spider’s silk is the strongest biological material ever found. More specifically, it’s 10 times stronger than ...

While North America is free from the dangerous varieties of funnel-web spiders, it does have funnel weaver spiders which are ...

Once orb-weaver spiders ensnare male fireflies in their webs, they turn the doomed insects into bait, using their telltale flashing to lure in more meals. Xinhua Fu at Huazhong Agricultural ...

A member of the Araneidae family, the garden orb-weaver or garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) is probably the best-known orb-web spider. True to its name, the garden orb-weaver is very common in ...

Their web is made of silk with a woolly texture due to extremely ... often around windows and sills, hence its name. The lace-weaver spider is the most common in gardens and around houses; in holes in ...

A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...