While I am a big fan of spiders year-round, now is the time of year when I truly appreciate their presence in my yard as they stalk their herbivorous insect prey. One of the most beautiful spiders I ...

Many spiders rely on camouflage to survive and catch prey. Audubon just wrapped up our first week of summer day camp, which means I spent a decent amount of time outside with 8 – 11-year-olds ...

Crab spiders are voracious little predators. They typically are sit-and-wait hunters that ambush insects passing close by, grabbing a victim with two sets of long claws. Small prey can be captured ...

Some crab spiders have ditched webs for flowers. Masters of disguise, female Thomisus guangxicus spiders blend in with petals, which allows the arachnids to nab insects that pass by while fooling ...

There’s an old naturalist’s saying that you’re never more than 5 feet from a spider. It’s probably true, as spiders can be found nearly everywhere, indoors and out. Despite their creepy reputation, ...

“Sea spiders (are) as large as turtles,” the English explorer, Thomas Yong, later recalled, “have hard shells over themselves like turtles. They have many feet like crab feet, (they) have tails ..

On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia). Bending down for a sniff of the white and pink blooms, I am face to face with ...