How to Keep Brown Recluse Spiders Out of Your House, According to Pest Pros

Credit: Pete Muller/ Arachnophobia (fear of spiders) is one of the most common fears, even though many common household ...
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The most beneficial insects and spiders in your yard

The way gardeners view insects has come a long way in the past few decades. The importance of pollinators and the natural pest control provided by beneficial insects is increasingly recognized as many ...
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Scared Of Spiders? Your Eye Movements Reveal You'd Rather Focus On Other Insects

"We found that when people received a paired image of an arachnid versus another arthropod, they strongly prefer looking at ...
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The Beneficial Garden Insect That's Often Confused With Joro Spiders

Close up of black and yellow garden spider in web - Wahid Hasyim Asyari/Getty Images The differences between Joro spiders and black and yellow garden spiders go beyond their appearance. Joro spiders ...

Ecologists at UMass Amherst sound the alarm over how little is known about the ecological status of insects and arachnids

To assess the state of our creepier, crawlier neighbors, Figueroa and her graduate student, Wes Walsh, the paper’s lead ...