The pest goes by many names. I have a friend who calls them mutant spiders. The exterminator at my neighbor's house calls them criders. The bug is also called spider cricket, spricket, cave cricket ...

A species of assassin bug has been found which creeps onto spiders' webs and pretends to be prey, then devours the spider when it comes to investigate. Most predators conceal themselves in order to ...

As gardeners, we all know that there are benefits of having good bugs in our yards, and It seems that bugs are plentiful this ...

Big spiders may frighten haunted house visitors this week, but spiders themselves would do well to fear assassin bugs. A new study has just revealed the bugs' devious and deadly tactics. Like ...

Scientists have described how a species of insect lures spiders by mimicking prey caught in webs. Assassin bugs plucked the web's silk threads that replicate the vibrations of a fly or other insect, ...