UK spiders tend to produce silk that is white or has a bluish ... These are the silk-spinning organs. Different species have different numbers of spinnerets, but most have a cluster. At the end of ...

It looks like the stabilimentum has different functions depending on the species ... This is the largest family of spiders in the UK, with 280 species. It includes the tiny money spiders said to bring ...

It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk ...

But the dragonfly sees the spider and runs away. A report about different types of spiders, where they live, how they build webs, their diet, their bodies, legs and eyes. The report includes some ...

These eight-legged creatures are rarely harmful in the UK. While spider bites aren't uncommon, of the over 650 different species of spiders in the UK, just 12 are venomous enough to cause humans ...

Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire ... that tarantulas were confirmed in the UK by BBC researcher Adele in the form of Britain’s only species, the purseweb spider.

One of Europe’s largest spiders was spotted in a delivery of olives from Spain this week, startling a nursery owner. The Spanish funnel-web spider is a venomous species with a ‘huge appetite ...

A study of Asian hornets has found about 1,400 different species in their guts. University of Exeter researchers tested Asian hornet samples from France, Spain, Jersey and the UK throughout the ...

Tarantulas are one of the most well-known types of spiders ... Tarantulas, like many different spiders, have venom. But they don't usually like to use it on humans. "It takes a lot of energy ...