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Spider or mosquito bite? Here's how to tell

Sep 9, 2025

Flying Joro spiders spreading this summer: What to know

Jun 7, 2024

Have you seen more spiders this year? Here's why

If you've recently dealt with a lot of spiders and bugs, you're not alone. The weather has a lot to do with the critters we see in Southern California.

Oct 1, 2025

Creepy-crawly crossing road causes crash in Death Valley

Oct 30, 2023

5 things to know about California's spider season

Oct 5, 2023

Listen to this: Scientists translate spider webs into music

Apr 15, 2021

These spiders lack ears, but they can hear you, study says

Oct 30, 2020

Doctors find venomous brown recluse spider inside woman's ear

Aug 23, 2019

Yikes! Hurricanes can make spiders more aggressive

Aug 20, 2019

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Ogre-faced spider: These spiders lack ears, but they can still hear you, study says

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World's oldest spider found in Australia, lived 43 years

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Photos: Spider catches, eats bat in web outside Texas home

We now know what nightmares are made of: huge spiders eating bats!

Aug 9, 2019

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'Stuff of nightmares' photos show reported huntsman spider eating pygmy possum

Justine Latton, who said her husband took the remarkable photos, said it's important to understand the scale of the animals.

Jun 19, 2019

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Researchers spot dinner plate-sized tarantula dragging its next meal across rainforest floor

Even a spider has to eat, but you might have never realized just how nightmarish it can be.

Mar 2, 2019

Fresno man uses blowtorch to kill spiders, sets parents' home on fire

The Fresno Fire Department said a man who was house-sitting for his parents set the home on fire after he used a blowtorch to kill black widows.

Oct 24, 2018

'Aggressive' toe-biting insects found in Santa Monica Mountains

Abedus herbertis are "aggressive" toe-biting insects that can be found in streams in the Santa Monica Mountains, according to park service officials.

Aug 24, 2018