Large, brightly-colored banana spiders will soon return to a South Carolina yard near you. Here’s when and what to know about them.

The animal, known in Peru as "the banana tree spider" is not only very common in that region, but is also feared by locals as their bites can sometimes be fatal.

Jerusalem Post / OMG Venomous 'banana spider' scare temporarily closes Austrian supermarket The REWE-Group also stated that they had brought in a specialist to identify the spider and that the ...

Having taken heed of their alarming warnings, the man later came back with an update, writing: "I can confirm said banana, well the bunch of them (put me off for life) are in the bin outside!

A woman and her seven-month-old baby were forced to vacate their home for more than three days after hundreds of tropical spiders were found in a banana. Gemma Price, 30, was mid-mouthful of the ...

This arachnid is a frequent and often uncomfortable sight for those who don’t favor acknowledging the state’s many spider species. In South Carolina, the banana spider refers to what is also called a ...