Despite their appearance, wolf spiders are generally harmless. Despite being poisonous, this wolf spider look-alike poses ...

Nursery web spiders, in the family Pisauridae, are larger than most of the local spiders seen now. They are usually light brown with wide stripes on their back. Some may be dark.

As we leave July and enter August, we reach the time of midsummer. According to the calendar, the middle date between summer solstice and autumnal equinox is August 6. This is when we notice more ...

Little did we know in June that a veritable summer colony of nursery web spider families was setting up in the garden, writes Dana Wilde. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: Login.

Male nursery web spiders persuade females to mate by wrapping food in their own silk, which is laced with attractive chemicals. This gift-giving is a common part of courtship among nursery web ...

Look, if any of these male nursery web spiders out there want to get busy and perpetuate their lineage, they better not show up empty-handed. Because they could get eaten. Alive. "Nuptial gift ...

Among nursery web spiders, sexual cannibalism, as it’s called, happens only about 2 to 4 percent of the time and almost always before copulation, ...

The nursery web spider, Pisaura mirabilis, is a common European spider species, and typically lives in grass meadow. During their second year, male spiders search and compete for mates and present ...

A South African man was attempting to impress his new date with his pet goldfish, only to be stunned when a giant nursery web spider snatched the unsuspecting fish out of its pond and carried it away.

Spiders are an important part of food webs — both as predator and prey — and engage in amazing behavior. Many are artistically painted in showy hues, or are ornate in their markings.