Often breeding anxiety in homeowners due to its size and sometimes mistaken identity is the giant house spider, Eratigena atrica. Moving as fast as an Olympic gold medalist, these large arachnids ...

Fen Raft Spiders actively hunt their prey instead of building webs to catch their next meal. Their legs are covered in tiny hairs that detect the slightest of vibrations on the water’s surface ...

A male giant house spider in Portland on Aug. 2, 2024. The spider was found crawling out of a pile of loose laundry. Mark Graves/The Oregonian Key things to know about Oregon’s largest arachnid: ...

Males are smaller and thinner – just over a quarter of an inch – and are brown, with a dark gray/black and yellow stripes. They prefer the warmth of the sun and are not indoor house spiders.

And this year, experts have warned that 150 million giant spiders will be invading our houses. These ones are dark, orangey-brown house spiders measuring around 7.5cm, and they’ll be getting ...

According to the Wildlife Trusts, the Giant House Spider, which is the larger cousin of the House spider, is one of the fastest invertebrates on the planet and is capable of running up to half-a ...

The English zoo celebrated 10 years since they released thousands of giant fen raft spiders into the United Kingdom after the species almost became extinct, the Chester Zoo wrote on Facebook.