Some gentle souls will trap spiders in a jar and release them outside, waiting for them to scurry away. But is this outdoor ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

Over several months, researchers found and killed over 2,000 Loxosceles reclusa in the "highly infested" home.

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The cephalothorax combines the head and thorax into one body segment. Compared to the cephalothorax, the abdomen is usually the larger part of a spider’s body. The abdomen contains much of a spider’s ...

The Pest Dude thinks it’s gonna be a buggy summer. Consider this. California is predicted to have a warmer summer than average with equal rainfall. Increased activity predicted of cockroaches, ants, ...

In November 2023, Mongabay reported on an expedition in which researchers partnered with Indigenous communities and government agencies in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains to capture camera-trap ...

Brown recluses are small spiders known for venom that can cause swelling, blistering and a fever in humans. If you’re unsure ...

Key Points Spider egg sacs can appear different, depending on the spider species. Spiders prefer to lay their egg sacs in out-of-the-way, low-traffic, and dark spaces. Removing spider sacs is easy ...