Articles By

Nathan Reed

focus on spider identification and educational nature content
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Wasp spider bite size and facst

  Wasp spider   The wasp spider, as its name suggests mimics a common wasp. The female is large, measuring 14-17mm, and ...

Nursery web spiders

  Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. Females of the ...

Raft spider size bite Facts

In dark swamps, survival can be a tough task. Raft spiders have the unique ability to use floating objects as ...

What is the difference between a black widow spider and a false widow spider?

Black Widow vs False Widow I was told by a professor that black widows hang upside down on the web ...

Cellar Spider Bites, Facts and Information

What is a cellar spider? Cellar spiders are thin-bodied spiders with very long, delicate legs. They are often found in ...

Cucumber spider

This green spider (Araniella cucurbitina) is seen from April to October and is around 4mm-6mm long. It is usually found ...

Wolf spiders: Behavior, bites and other facts

  Nearly 250 species in North America north of Mexico   FamilyLycosidae (wolf spiders) in the order Araneae (spiders)   DescriptionWolf spiders are ...

White Tailed Spider Facts

  Introduction   White-tailed Spider bites have been controversially implicated in causing severe skin ulceration in humans.   Identification   White-tailed Spiders have a ...

Water Spider

  The water spider lives underwater, building a bell-shaped web between underwater plant stems. It can be spotted as it comes ...