We know looking at spiders isn’t necessarily your favorite thing to do, but you need to check out this one. We promise it won’t creep you out, though you might find it a little freaky. That’s because ...

We investigated abundance and web characteristics (web elevation and spiral area) of the spiny orb weavers Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer 1805) and Micrathena mitrata (Hentz 1850) using transect ...

A new species, Micrathena cicuta, is described and illustrated based on females from southeastern Brazil. Plectana degeeri Walckenaer is synonymized with M. plana (C.L. Koch), based upon the original ...

DUMONT — It's a muggy morning and Emil "Rocky" Fiore is hiking deep and high into the woods, surveying nature's nooks for hanging treasures. Suddenly he stops and points to what, at first, appears to ...

So more than a couple of you have run into the spider webs I wrote about last week and, like me, they are one of your least-favorite critters in the woods. The Penn State Cooperative Extension website ...

A phrase you have probably uttered countless times while frantically grasping at silky webs across your face. That all too familiar declaration while hiking on a trail often accompanies grateful ...

Have you ever seen a spiny spider? I hadn’t until last week when I saw one in my wife’s garden. It was a female spined micrathena. The spiny black and white body is said to resemble a burr. It belongs ...

Spiders are the largest group of arachnids on earth. Nearly 4,000 species have been described for North America with more yet to be identified. The term arachnid is derived from the Greek word ...

EVANSVILLE – “Why would I be afraid of something that’s trying this hard to get away from me?” asked insect and spider guru Kevin Wiener, founder of the All Bugs Go to Kevin Facebook page and educator ...

The spider’s abdomen surprisingly had the same shape and coloration as Pikachu, right down to the black tipped “ears” and red spots on its “cheeks.” Of course, this Pikachu spider also has some gnarly ...