Despite varying in size, colour, and behaviour, most garden-friendly spiders are harmless to humans and pets. Typically, the spiders you encounter in gardens are web-spinning orb-weavers or agile ...

Stop before you do that. Most spiders in Kentucky will not harm you, and in fact, spiders play an important role in a healthy ecosystem, controlling insect pests that raid our gardens. You may notice ...

Spiders are frequently thought of as ground dwellers, building webs in corners or scurrying across the forest floor. However, some species defy this stereotype by taking to the skies. In Oregon, a ...

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue. A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be ...

Photo by Jill Thomson A Banded garden spider with egg sac. These spiders are not aggressive and are very unlikely to bite gardeners unless threatened. I have always liked spiders, as anyone who read ...

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April's warmer weather can be the perfect time to start working in the garden, but there are some vegetables that do better than others depending on where in Oregon they are planted. Here's what ...

Other large spiders you can find in Florida include the golden silk orb weaver (3 inches), wolf spider (1 inch), black and yellow garden spider (1.1 inches), and fishing spider (0.75 inches). Like the ...

Oregon grape is an easy plant to grow. In fact, it is so easy, you probably already have it growing wild on your property; however, it is also available at most of the local nurseries each year. If ...