Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

The large, hairy spiders slowly crawl along the ground seeking the nests of equally hairy females, guided by scent. When he finds one, the male will tap the ground seductively with long ...

A reader captured this spider nest in the Kruger National Park. Our expert explains. Vanessa Nieuwoudt from Pretoria writes: I took this photo in the Kruger National Park. Which spiders live in such ...

The majority are parasitoids, which have young that eat insects or spiders alive. But you may be more familiar with the black and yellow social species. Colonies of social wasps are considered ...