The effects of spider bites are putting more people in hospital in England than 10 years ago, according to a freedom of information request by the Press Association. NHS figures show that there were ...

There are approximately 3,100 orb weaver spider species across the globe, but none of them pose any threat or harm to humans. Orb weavers are also not known to be aggressive spiders and would rather ...

Wolf spiders have a reputation for being intimidating, and it’s easy to see why. They’re fast, hairy, and large enough to make anyone jump when one scurries across the floor. In Australia and the ...

Alaska has no established native populations of medically significant spiders, making it one of the safest U.S. states for arachnophobes. Wolf spiders are Alaska’s most commonly encountered large ...

Experts say an “explosion” in the population of false widows is behind the doubling of hospital admissions from spider bites in England in the past decade. One hundred admissions were a result of ...

Summer season, spider season.

As the summer heat tends to drive a handful of pests indoors, many South Carolina residents may find themselves sharing their homes with a less-than-welcome visitor: spiders. While most of these eight ...

Just as the weather starts to turn, the spiders begin to come out. Spider season has arrived for western Washington. “I moved from a place that had its fair share of different, more dangerous spiders, ...