These spiders usually have a black carapace, legs, and undersides with white spots under their abdomens. Spiny-backed orb weavers are sometimes white, red, or yellow. Interestingly, spiny-backed ...

But sometimes, what the eyes gaze at isn't a songster but an eight-eyed yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia). The black and yellow-mottled female garden spiders look especially fetching ...

The brown recluse and black widow are the most common venomous spiders in the U.S. and Alabama. What are their habitats and how to prevent a bite.