Tropical tent web spiders may sound scary, but they’re really not, unless you’re a tomato leafminer moth (or maybe another flying insect). The moths have developed resistance to chemical insecticides ...

On a warm, dry summer day, some of my plants’ leaves had a sprinkling of light dots. Some were turning an unhealthy, ugly bronze color. The underside of the leaves revealed webbing, indicating that ...

Mothballs, as their name suggests, are an established solution for keeping clothes moths away, but can they prevent other annoying insects inside, like spiders? Spiders slip indoors for a variety of ...

With Halloween coming up, I thought it would be a good time for some spider talk. I have always been a spider fan and certainly tossed my fair share of helpless insects into Argiope garden spider webs ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spiders get a bad rap. Many people go to great lengths to avoid or get rid of them. Is it their otherworldly appearance? A concern about being bitten by a ...

COLLABORATORS: Brad Higbee, Spider mite webbing in Almonds Spider mites are one of the most important arthropod pests of ...