The invasive Joro spider, with yellow legs and enormous webs, is rapidly advancing toward the northeastern United States, ...

Orb-weaving spiders are found in different light conditions, and comparisons between many different species revealed a link between light environments and orb-weaver body colour patterns. Species ...

Many orb weaver spiders sport yellowish stripes or spots on their undersides, and for a good reason. That color yellow tempts bees and flies into a spider’s web, a new study suggests.

This is a golden orb-weaver, Nephila pilipes. (Photo courtesy of Bing Heng Lee) (CN) – Using a bright yellow color similarly found in several flower heads, scientists revealed in a new study Monday ...

It was within the orange tree in our front yard that the first spider appeared, sparking my poet’s imagination.

So effective, some high-end estimates date the orb weavers’ first appearance as far back as 265 million years ago! Of course, being such an old group of spiders, some differences are bound to occur.

Here's what to know about the brightly colored orb weavers: More on Joros: Joro spiders, with yellow-striped legs and golden webs, out in force across Georgia ...

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 ...

Here's what to know about the brightly colored orb weavers: More on Joros: Joro spiders, with yellow-striped legs and golden webs, out in force across Georgia ...

Tests featuring cardboard cut-out models of the golden orb-weaver, Nephila pilipes, showed the color yellow and black-and-yellow patterns are quite effective at luring prey. There are more than ...

Some have taken to social media with videos and photos of the spiders as they craft their webs in their backyards. This includes the yellow garden spider, western spotted orb weaver, round ...

High contrast yellow mosaic patterns are prey attractants for orb‐weaving spiders. Functional Ecology, 2020; DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13532 ...