Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs.

Australia is home to a fascinating spider species known as Walckenaer’s studded triangular spider (Arkys walckenaeri), part ...

Some people mistakenly think that spiders are insects. Spiders are not insects and are, in fact, arachnids. Orb weavers are a type of spider commonly found in garden beds and on trees. However ...

Some species in the genus Arkys are not triangular at all and instead resemble bird droppings as further camouflage. These ...

Sex can be dangerous, even deadly if your partner has plans to eat you. When the male orb-web spider has its first, and sometimes last, sexual encounter it has a trick up its sleeve: detachable ...

Spiders known for elaborate circular webs have altered their spinning style in dark spaces to create apparent tripwires for walking prey. Those that make circular webs are known as orb-weavers ...

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female. A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb ...

When orb-weaving spiders (Araneus ventricosus) trap male fireflies in their webs, they manipulate the flashing signals to mimic the typical flashes made by female fireflies. These feigned flashes ...

A man came across this monster orb spider while exploring in the outback. The huge arachnid is bigger than his hat and its body bigger than his thumb. In its teeth are the remains of a cicada it ...

Orb weaver spider "season" is upon us in San Diego County, and this time, locals are seeing — and getting creeped out — by more of the spiders than usual. Stream San Diego News for free ...

Males are showier, giving off multiple light pulses to attract a mate. If ensnared in an orb weaver spider’s web, however, flashy males can become deadly decoys. Orb weaver spiders seem to trick ...

When Shichang Zhang observed the phenomenon in a member of the hackled orb-weaver family (Philoponella prominens), it was the first known example of male spiders catapulting themselves to escape ...