Our orb weaver, whom we unimaginatively call Charlotte, had created her silky retreat in a hidden spot high atop a metal cross piece on the gazebo to await her prey.

Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play.

Orb weavers grow more than 1.5 inches long in North Carolina and are among the state’s most “menacing” looking spiders, because of their long legs, says InsectIdentification.org.

The Murder Hornet is the hottest new star of the 2020 apocalypse, and if you’re wondering what it’s like to be stung by one of these entymological terrors, YouTube star Coyote Peterson has got ...