Claim to fame: This large spider is often noticed because of its conspicuous colors and its habit of building a web in gardens or in grassy areas near homes. Although these spiders give many humans a ...

Our yards and gardens are filled with life. But some of those living creatures are not what many people desire, like spiders. As creepy crawlers that honestly just look like they came straight out of ...

If you’re devoted to promoting beneficials in your garden to keep pest insects at bay, make room for a small army of helpers eager to do their part. Sure, they’re leggy, spiny and sport a fang or two, ...

Have you met a common garden spider? Have you noticed a large spider hanging like a garden ornament in the middle of its web? You might see it in a late-summer garden, or in an old field rich with ...

As summer wanes, the most obvious and familiar of the webs we encounter — sometimes 2 feet across — is made by the black and yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia. Look for its web in weedy fields ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play. Orb weaver spiders, one of the most common families of ...

While spreading mulch in the garden, I looked up and straight into the beady eyes of a giant spider. I jumped back in surprise, but I promise I didn't run around screaming like a girl or flail at it ...

While the Joro spider hasn't officially made it to the Berkshires yet, Berkshire Community College professor of environmental studies Thomas Tyning says there of plenty of local spiders worth checking ...