Common Garden Spiders in North America Looking to learn spider facts, including which spiders are lurking in your garden? The ...

The new species from Ecuador — with two long, pointy growths on its back — belongs to a genus, or group of species, not seen ...

Orb-weaver spiders are members of the Araneidae family of spiders. They are found in all parts of the world except the Arctic and Antarctica, and there are thousands of different species.

The new orb-weaver species was one of three significant discoveries made during a survey at Ecuador’s Tiputini Biodiversity Station, researchers said. Photo by Madeline Hogan via Unsplash Deep ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play. Orb weaver spiders, one of the most common ...

The orb-weaver spider might not be popular or wanted around by many people because of the massive webs they create in your doorway, walkway or garden that you always tend to walk into, but they ...

Orb weaver spiders make the capture threads of their webs sticky with an aqueous glue made in special aggregate glands. Scientists studied different species living in different environments to see ...

But there are many species of orb weaver spider living in different environments, which means their glue must adapt to different levels of humidity.

Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs. This is when you may spot the classic cobwebs in your yard or garden.

Spinepeira erwini, a new rare species of orb-weaver spider, was discovered in Ecuador’s Tiputini Biodiversity Station using the canopy knockdown method.

An Orb-weaver spider (Araneus diadematus) is pictured on its web on September 26, 2013 in Rennes, western France. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) ...

Spinepeira erwini, a new rare species of orb-weaver spider, was discovered in Ecuador’s Tiputini Biodiversity Station using the canopy knockdown method.