Sauntering through your yard, gazing at your prized roses, breathing in their sweet scents mixed in with summer's balminess ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

These spiders are brown to dark brown and have long legs. They build irregular webs in and around buildings, particularly in dark, undisturbed areas. Southern house spiders are nocturnal hunters, ...

Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual. These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs. Spiderlings disperse soon ...

The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, and when to worry about a bite, according to entomologists.