The species is rare, found on low-growing plants near water in southern Britain. Some orb-weaver spiders add decoration to their webs: an extra band of silk called the stabilimentum. This is ...

A small spider with pale body and legs and silver-grey markings on the abdomen. It is usually found around the outside of houses and gardens, and is particularly common around windows. Because of ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap ... the strength of this spiders’ silk parallels—and even ...

When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called ...

The UK is home to more than 650 different species of spiders, and although extremely rare in this part ... the list of ...

There are more than 650 species of spiders In Britain ... cardinal spider, the walnut orb-weaver spider, wasp spider, black lace-weaver, the cross spider, the giant house spider and cellar ...

Helpfully, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has shared some information about how other species ‘get it on’. Informational purposes only. Do not attempt any of this at home. If you are a male orb ...