These hanging gossamer traps are more likely the handiwork of orb weaver spiders. In the rare instance where an insect's name ...

A small spider with pale body and legs and silver-grey markings on the abdomen. It is usually found around the outside of houses and gardens, and is particularly common around windows. Because of ...

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 ...