When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called ...

Orb weaver spiders are easy to spot thanks to the easily recognizable orb weaver web: a classic, circular design made of sticky silk. Most orb weavers tend to have round, bulbous abdomens and ...

Some spiders hunt and kill snakes up to 30 times their size. A study revealed 319 cases of such incidents involving over 40 ...

filmed a spider silk harvesting session. Golden Orb Weaver spiders produce up to 80 meters of silk at a time. Produced by Kevin Reilly. Video courtesy of Oxford University. Follow TI: On Facebook ...

There are a few contenders for the strongest spider silk among which the golden silk orb-weaver gets the most attention, but the black widow’s webbing is nearly as strong, and [Justin] is happy ...

Orb weaver spiders are easy to spot thanks to the easily recognizable orb weaver web: a classic, circular design made of sticky silk. Most orb weavers tend to have round, bulbous abdomens and spindly ...

The orb webs of these spiders are recognisable because a small sector in the upper part of the web is left open and free of spirals. When making the web, the spider changes direction each time it ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

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).

Jerry (Tin Yuen) Tsang (Hong Kong) highlights a dewdrop spider as an orb weaver looms in the background. Jerry spent a day squatting under spider webs, his camera pointed up to the sky. The light ...