The orb-weaver spider might not be popular or wanted around by many people because of the massive webs they create in your doorway, walkway or garden that you always tend to walk into, but they ...

Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae and are the most common group of builders of circular webs. Araneids have eight similar eyes, hairy or spiny legs and no stridulating ...

Orb-weaver spiders are members of the Araneidae family of spiders. They are found in all parts of the world except the Arctic and Antarctica, and there are thousands of different species.

Dominating this picture, a giant orb-weaving spider, (Mongolarachne jurassica) having spun a web amongst the Ginko baiera twigs, has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis).