The pest goes by many names. I have a friend who calls them mutant spiders. The exterminator at my neighbor's house calls them criders. The bug is also called spider cricket, spricket, cave cricket ...

A species of assassin bug has been found which creeps onto spiders' webs and pretends to be prey, then devours the spider when it comes to investigate. Most predators conceal themselves in order to ...

Spiders don’t make for easy prey. They are almost all venomous and almost all predatory. Many build webs whose silken lines ensure a sticky end for blundering insects. And those webs are, in a very ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Marvel’s Spider-Man is almost a year old, however, PlayStation 4 players are still discovering new ...

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Big spiders may frighten haunted house visitors this week, but spiders themselves would do well to fear assassin bugs. A new study has just revealed the bugs' devious and deadly tactics. Like ...

Toss a piece of leaf onto a spiderweb. The spider is indifferent. Because leaves don't squirm like captured flies. But Australia's "assassin bug" turns the tables on spiders. It exploits their keen ...

Big spiders may frighten haunted house visitors this week, but spiders themselves would do well to fear assassin bugs. A new study has just revealed the bugs' devious and deadly tactics. Like ...