These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

There are approximately 3,100 orb weaver spider species across the globe, but none of them pose any threat or harm to humans.

Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit's name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid is a ...

Female Banana Spiders (Nephila clavipes) are one of the largest orb-weavers in this country, rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana Spider ...

Black widow spiders live in cool, dark places. Know how to spot brown widows. Keep them away from your home, avoid a bite.

A spider that is infamous not just for its lethal bite, but also for symptoms like nausea, abdominal cramps, high blood pressure, convulsions, and in men, it causes "extremely painful" erection.

Peer into the tiny world of the Golden Orb Weavers of South Carolina. Peer into the tiny world of the Golden Orb Weavers of South Carolina. Uncover their lifestyles as one’s hunting and eating ...

Ahh, summertime in South Florida. School is out And so are the critters. Is that an iguana pooping on your porch? An amorous alligator lying on the canal bank? A cockroach feasting on your dirty ...

JACKSONVILLE, FL (FirstCoastNews.com) -- First Coast News reporter, David Williams was on the hunt. He was hunting for something golden, something silky with eight legs and a lot of eyes. It's ...