Don't reach for a shoe the next time you find a spider in your home. Squishing some types of spiders can create even bigger ...

As their name implies, brown recluse spiders are reclusive — Whitworth describes them as shy — and often go unnoticed as they ...

Jeff Williams, with Integrity Pest Control, said there are simple steps homeowners can take to keep them out of houses, ...

Spiders don’t carry diseases, the way ticks and mosquitoes do, and in the United States, where thousands of species of spiders live, there are only a few venomous types that cause concern — notably, ...

Household spiders are generally not dangerous, but to keep your mind at ease, follow this cheat sheet of the most common home ...

Among the most common spiders found in and around the home, the shy grass spider (aka a funnel-web spider) builds dense, silk-lined webs/burrows to trap its insect victims. They’re also super fast ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The ...

Dihonov says the only way to truly deter spiders is to minimize the insect activity around your home. “No prey means no food for them and they will move away searching for it. So pest-proofing your ...

There are various types of widow spiders, including black, red, and brown varieties in North and South America, the Australian redback spider, and several button spider species that inhabit South ...

Mangrove ecosystems are increasingly threatened by halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs), posing a significant threat to resident arthropods, including spiders and insects. Spider webs, due to their ...

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