Tarantulas make wonderful pets, but some people have an irrational fear of them. They wrongly believe that they possess a ...

A Florida woman has been charged with drowning her roommate’s tiny pet spider in a can of soda — later bragging about it online, writing: “Yes I’m an evil spider killer!!” Ilena Renae ...

The idea of keeping spiders as pets is terrifying to some people, but to others – they are a dream pet. Spiders are hardy, ...

A 43-year-old woman is facing animal cruelty and petty theft charges after she intentionally drowned her roommate's pet jumping spider in soda Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at ...

43-year-old Ilena Renae Rasmussen faces one count each of larceny and animal cruelty for her role in the death of her roommate's pet spider. The motive for the animal's death is still unknown ...

CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -A Crestview woman is facing charges after drowning her roommate’s pet spider. Ilena Rasmussen, 43, admitted to officials that she had drowned the pet jumping spider ...

Nina responded: "I would be sad for sure but I am being extra caring as she is my dear pet. I am not planning on losing her." Jumping spiders, like Nina's unusual pet - a regal jumping spider ...

CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WJHG/Gray News) - A woman in Florida was arrested after she allegedly killed her roommate’s pet spider, according to authorities. On July 15, the roommate came home to discover ...

The spiders, sometimes kept as pets, are of “considerable beneficial importance in the control of flies, mosquitoes, and other human pests,” per U of F, and like to habituate in man-made ...