While black widow spiders aren’t unique to Texas, they are one of the spider species in Texas that are venomous. You’ll be able to spot females of this species by the signature red-yellow ...

I found a large, yellow and black spider in my garden. It had a perfect web strung between my carpenteria and salvia shrubs. I learned that it is the female of the species Argiope aurantia.

rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana Spider is pictured above in the lower left. Courtesy photo by Texas A&M. In the western ...

These spiders have a small head topped with silver hairs and an oval-shaped abdomen with a black and yellow pattern. The pattern includes a thick black stripe in the middle of the abdomen with ...

It's actually shy. According to a new study from the University of Georgia, the joro spider −a palm-size bright yellow, blue-black and red arachnid− would rather be left alone than attack a human.

Texas, home Wednesday. She said she was on her way to work when she saw a bat trapped in the web of a black and yellow garden spider. 1 of 9 Unfortunately, by the time she got home the bat was dead.

But there are only two venomous spiders native to Texas — the brown recluse and the black widow, and their bites are rarely fatal. Despite the name, this is a type of spider wasp, not a ...