Here’s what you need to know about cellar spiders, a very common spider that isn’t unusual to spot in your house. Cellar spiders belong to the scientific group Pholcidae. Like all other kinds ...

More like her friends and relations. In the much-loved book Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White, Charlotte is a barn spider (Araneus cavaticus), belonging to the group of arachnids that build orb ...

Of course, the spider that created this web has much smaller prey in mind. The web was created by an orbweaver, which is sometimes called a barn spider, and several species can be found in Missouri.