Huntsman spiders are named so because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant ... [+] crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Native to Laos, the giant huntsman ...

The bird dung crab spider (Phrynarachne decipiens) has been spotted for the first time in Assam, revealing new insights into ...

However, some insects -- including the crab spider -- typically won't come inside your home but will help you keep some problematic pests away from your plants. The crab spider is beneficial to ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Crab spiders, which occupy flowering plants to pick off visiting pollinators, might not be so damaging after all: they also come to the help of plants besieged by harmful insects, researchers at ...

Amy Carter, 46, and her partner Scott Southey, 49, were walking at Talybont, near Barmouth, Gwynedd, last Monday when they found the crustacean, understood to be a spiny spider crab. "I was a bit ...

Thousands of spider crabs have been spotted in a mass gathering off the coast of Cornwall. The aggregation of male crabs was filmed in knee-deep water, a few metres from a Falmouth beach at low tide.

Myself and series researcher, Yoland Bosiger were down on the Mornington Peninsula, south east Australia, to film the annual mass aggregation of spider crabs. These crabs come together to shed ...

ANDY TORBET:And here's what happened when I get into a high-pressure situation with a giant spider crab. ANDY TORBET:It's time to say konichiwa, which is Japanese for hello, to this. The giant ...