The sparklemuffin peacock spider (Maratus jactatus) is a tiny spider that lives up to its vivacious name. This dazzling arachnid was given its moniker in 2015 by UC Berkeley PhD student Maddie Girard ...

The eight-legged creature Donnelly was bitten by was a jumping spider, with the pair showing a picture of the fairly large bug on their social media. ”The medic said I was lucky to be alive ...

It is one of thousands of jumping spiders that are found worldwide and hunt actively rather than catching prey in a web. They have excellent vision, with four large eyes in front and four smaller ...

Many will also eat other spiders! Spiders can be picky eaters too.But, have you heard of a vegetarian spider?Well, you are about to!Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica, ...

The WSC, based at the Natural History Museum of Bern in the Swiss capital, said the 50,000th spider registered is the Guriurius minuano, which belongs to the Salticidae family of jumping spiders ...

This group of spiders do not use webs to catch their prey but actively hunt by day. They have large eyes and ambush small insects by pouncing on them. Please tell us as much about your specimen as ...