These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

More dangerous invasive critters are marmorated stink bugs, which harm fruit trees, legumes, corn, garden vegetables and some ...

One of the quintessential images of Halloween just might be spiders: huge black, crouching, fanged spiders, ready to jump out from a shadowy webbed corner and bite! But as gardeners, should we view ...

Wondering why spiders seem to be everywhere right now? Here’s what’s really going on, if using conkers will keep them at bay ...

Despite their size and speed (they’re one of the UK’s fastest insects), house spiders are “gentle giants”, according to the Woodland Trust. As some of the country’s largest spiders, they are one of ...

If Miss Muffet in the children’s nursery rhyme had known more about garden spiders, she might not have been so frightened. Spiders are beneficial garden inhabitants that are much more interested in ...

See the 22 spiders that are commonly found in homes across the UK and when you might start to see more of them.

All habitats depend on predators to keep things in balance. Your garden is a habitat full of wildlife, and while predators like the praying mantis and the ladybug tend to be celebrated, there’s ...