When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called ...

Compare that to your average huntsman spider, which can have a leg span of up to 15cm, according to the Australian Museum. Australia's largest orb weaver, the giant golden orb weaver, also has a ...

Dominating this picture, a giant orb-weaving spider, (Mongolarachne jurassica) having spun a web amongst the Ginko baiera twigs, has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis).

An curved arrow pointing right. Researchers at Oxford Silk Group, part of Oxford University in the UK, filmed a spider silk harvesting session. Golden Orb Weaver spiders produce up to 80 meters of ...

Other introduced spiders like the orb weaver and her giant web are far more likely to be the spiders you see. The most common and infamous — cane spiders, garden spiders, spiny backed orb ...

Jerry (Tin Yuen) Tsang (Hong Kong) highlights a dewdrop spider as an orb weaver looms in the background. Jerry spent a day squatting under spider webs, his camera pointed up to the sky. The light ...

KAMOL DAS.MASTERS OF SPIN … A striking female giant golden orb weaver spotted resting on her web near the Gumai Beel in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila. This fascinating species of spiders are ...