I now fear every toss or turn will send a wisp of sheet or blanket onto the floor, thereby creating a giant wolf spider runway straight to my face. Rules No. 1-3 of Stephanie’s Spider Truth/Truce: ...

Household spiders are generally not dangerous, but to keep your mind at ease, follow this cheat sheet of the most common home and garden spiders.

In the Washington, D.C., region, wolf spiders grow from 1 to 3 inches in length, including their legs, but the Carolina wolf spider can span more than 4 inches with its legs.

Cannibalism among spiders isn't unheard of, black widows are named for eating their mates after all, but it's odd to see it ...

Spider-Man battles Man-Wolf and Morbius the Living Vampire. Cover by John Romita Sr. Art by Gil Kane. Backup feature and pin-ups by Steve Ditko, both reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1.

A wolf spider has eight eyes arranged in three rows on its large head. The bottom row has four small eyes, the middle row has two large eyes, and the top row has two medium-size eyes.

Wolf spiders thin the insect herd. Like most arachnids, wolf spiders are nature’s pest control. They eat just about any ground-dwelling insect their size or smaller, including ants, crickets and ...

Wolf spiders thin the insect herd. Like most arachnids, wolf spiders are nature’s pest control. They eat just about any ground-dwelling insect their size or smaller, including ants, crickets and ...

Arachnophobes, please watch your step. The US Fish and Wildlife Service released a creepy photo this week of a wolf spider matriarch carrying dozens of new hatchlings on her back over muddy ground.… ...

Look at this wolf spider mama with her spiderlings, climbing right on her back as they hatch from their egg sack. Tom Houser was lucky to catch this photo in his Kempsville yard in Virginia Beach. … ...

Wolf spiders aren't venomous, meaning that they don't make or secrete venom (poison). But bites from any kind of spider have the potential to cause an allergic reaction in some people, so you ...