Articles By

Nathan Reed

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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 ...

Two Spined Spider | Poecilopachys australasia

  Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New ...

Are camel spiders poisonous | Facts and mythology

To some, camel spiders seem the boogie men of the Middle East, but from a scientific point of view, there ...

Tree Trunk Spider(Hersiliidae)

  Tree trunk spiders (Hersiliidae) is a tropical and semi-tropical family first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. They have two ...

Is the tent spiders poisonous?

Prey: The Tent Spider eats whatever flies into its web; flies, grasshoppers, butterflies and other insects. The Tent Spider does ...