And in case you're wondering, the silk these spiders spin really does have a golden hue, and that's where they get their name. Beyond living in these mesh-like traps, female silk orb weaver ...

Orb weaver spiders are easy to spot thanks to the easily ... often consuming the males shortly after copulation. The female spins a fluffy silken egg sac, where she deposits her eggs until the ...

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

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).

The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

But if the web belongs to an orb-weaver and the bug is a male ... When a male spots a female, they swoop in to mate. Spiders have somehow figured out a way to actively take advantage of this ...

Little did they know they were in for what Shamble says was “a huge surprise”: the strength of this spiders’ silk parallels—and even surpasses—that of most orb weaver spiders, which produce the ...

A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...

Like many other species, orb weaver spiders are sexually dimorphic, with the males being notable smaller than the females. Also like other spiders, females practice cannibalism, often consuming the ...