You can recognize it by its long, spindly legs that are covered in hair, its flattened body designed for squeezing into narrow spaces and its distinctive, crab-like walking pattern. The spider’s ...

A large spider, but with a very small greyish body and long thin legs. They prefer the warm and constant temperatures of our homes, garages and sheds, and are rarely found outdoors as they cannot ...

The ground-dwelling jumping spider is a fearsome beast. It can scale vertical surfaces with ease and spring 25 times its body length to nab prey. Its legs are the eight crucial tools responsible ...

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

"The lynx spider has an affinity for shrubs and a ... into whatever flower they've set up shop on. They have two long front ...

The East Asian Joro spider can grow to be as long as three inches when their legs are extended- about the ... “We are still at the very, very front edge of all this. So it is really exciting ...

Remarkably, some spiders use much the same strategy ... it was evident that the insects never touched the webs with their protruding front legs. Web release in response to mosquito wingbeats.