A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

One of my students at Sheffield Hallam University sent me this stunning picture of a very large, and in the UK, very rare spider. She spotted this whilst working as a volunteer surveyor at the Belmont ...

Featured on the new stamps are the: Sand Bear Spider; Cucumber Spider; Woodland Jumping Spider; Four-spotted Orbweb Spider; Spider Nurseryweb Spider; Ladybird Spider; Candy-striped Spider ...