Jumping spiders (Salticidae), aka the epitome ... has homeowners fooled with its black-mottled and brown frame, mimicking ...

"The truth is that most spiders are too small to bite us, including those adorable jumping spiders," Jody ... particularly black widows and brown recluse spiders. A bite from one of these types ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

This story appears in the December 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Spiders in Focus Jumping spiders are ornamental and agile, widespread and harmless. Yet like many spiders ...