And in case you're wondering, the silk these spiders spin really does have a golden hue, and that's where they get their name. Beyond living in these mesh-like traps, female silk orb weaver ...

Let's talk about the orb weaver spider ... Also like other spiders, females practice cannibalism, often consuming the males shortly after copulation. The female spins a fluffy silken egg sac ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Researchers at Oxford Silk Group, part of Oxford University in the UK, filmed a spider silk harvesting session. Golden Orb Weaver spiders produce up to 80 meters of ...

Dominating this picture, a giant orb-weaving spider, (Mongolarachne jurassica) having spun a web amongst the Ginko baiera twigs, has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis).

The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

No judgment here”. Experts among the group however said the spider was a female Garden Orb-weaver, which were regarded as only mildly venomous to humans. Garden Orb-weavers are found right ...

Like many other species, orb weaver spiders are sexually dimorphic, with the males being notable smaller than the females. Also like other spiders, females practice cannibalism, often consuming the ...