Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. A Golden Silk Orb ...

Although the heat of summer is still in full swing, fall is around the corner (believe it or not). Fall means cooler weather and football, but it also means spooky season as well. Black cats, bats, ...

“Banana spiders” are known for appearing in boxes of bananas. Not all types are dangerous to humans. The Brazilian wandering spider is more venomous but rarely appears in shipments. “Banana spiders” ...

A female banana spider, at bottom, hangs in her web accompanied by a much smaller male. Males typically wait until the females are eating a trapped insect before attempting to mate, to reduce the ...

Brazilian wandering spiders are aggressive spiders that belong to the genus Phoneutria, which means "murderess" in Greek. These critters, also known as armed spiders or banana spiders, are some of the ...