Bugs: Spiders
Spiders in houseplants, hairdos, toilets and popping out of your skin!
The Spider Bite
Can spider eggs hatch inside a person's body? Two variants of an urban legend about a truly horrible infestation.
Can spider eggs hatch inside a person's body? Two variants of an urban legend about a truly horrible infestation.
Attack of the Butt Spider
Email prank warns of deadly South American 'Blush Spiders' (scientific name: Arachnius gluteus, or 'Butt Spider') migrating to the U.S. in airliner bathrooms and lurking under public toilet seats everywhere.
Email prank warns of deadly South American 'Blush Spiders' (scientific name: Arachnius gluteus, or 'Butt Spider') migrating to the U.S. in airliner bathrooms and lurking under public toilet seats everywhere.
Brown Recluse Spider Bite (Photos)
Emailed photos purport to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of a brown recluse spider.
Emailed photos purport to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of a brown recluse spider.
Camel Spiders Found in Iraq (Photo)
Emailed photo taken by U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq show a pair of huge, scary-looking arachnids called camel spiders. Do they really eat human flesh?
Emailed photo taken by U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq show a pair of huge, scary-looking arachnids called camel spiders. Do they really eat human flesh?
Return of the Butt Spider: Two-Striped Telamonia
Recycled email hoax warns of the dangers of the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), purportedly a poisonous spider from Indonesia that hides under toilet seats and is responsible for the deaths of five people in North Florida.
Recycled email hoax warns of the dangers of the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), purportedly a poisonous spider from Indonesia that hides under toilet seats and is responsible for the deaths of five people in North Florida.
The Spider Bite
After being bitten by a spider, a stange bump appears on the victim's skin. She scratches it and it breaks open...
After being bitten by a spider, a stange bump appears on the victim's skin. She scratches it and it breaks open...
Spiders in the Cactus
They thought it strange when their brand-new cactus began to quiver.
They thought it strange when their brand-new cactus began to quiver.
Spiders in the Hairdo
Cautionary tale about the dangers of not washing one's hair.
Cautionary tale about the dangers of not washing one's hair.