Here we will explain exactly how orb-weaver spiders make their webs and why they are architectural wonders. Why Orb Weavers Are Special Spiders Orb weavers have an extra claw for web building.

Orb weavers are one of many types of spiders, usually identified by their unique webs. Find out more about these creatures, including where you can find them and how to prevent them.

The female golden silk orb weaver looks particularly intimidating, with a gold-colored body sporting lighter yellow spots and lengthy legs that can give it an overall span ranging from 2 to 6 inches.

Orb-weavers are a small, mostly harmless type of spider with most being only one to two centimeters long. Found mostly in bushes, many species, such as the garden orb-weaver, build webs in both ...

Orb weaver spiders seem to trick male fireflies into blinking in a pattern more like females, researchers report August 19 in Current Biology. The femalelike lights lure other males into the web ...

In a study published April 18 in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, biologists found that the glue that makes orb weaver spiders’ webs so sticky actually evolves faster than the ...

A Costa Rican pirate spider lives up to the family name: It tricks closely related orb weaver spiders into “walking the plank,” right to their doom. Like any respectable pirate, pirate spiders ...

The orb-weaver spiders in my yard spend winter tucked away in the egg sacs their mothers made for them in autumn. Come springtime, the spiderlings climb out of their egg sacs and promptly disappear.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play. Orb weaver spiders, one of the most common ...