This video shows the complex yet fascinating molting of a tarantula. Specifically, it captures a Brachypelma boehmei. Also known as the Mexican Fireleg or Mexican Rustleg Tarantula, this species is ...

In a scene straight out of a horror movie, a woman had a spider nesting and shedding its exoskeleton inside her ear. The 64-year-old woman discovered the spidery squatter after going to the Tainan ...

Close-up view of the tiny spider crawling in the woman's ear, with its discarded exoskeleton next to it. Close-up view of the tiny spider crawling in the woman's ear, with its discarded exoskeleton ...

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One of America's largest spiders is preparing to lay its eggs across the Southeast. After nearly a year of growing and molting, the palm-sized females of the golden silk orb weaver have reached their ...

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In males of many species, it pays to identify females that are nearing maturity to be the first in line for mating. Now researchers have found a remarkable example: male spider mites guard and then ...

Watch this incredible close up of my tarantula shedding its old exoskeleton.

Hey, this isn’t as bad as I was expecting. Cute spider, easy fix with no permanent damage… I’ll take that over brain worms. Or any kind of body part worms. Or most worms in any setting. (Earthworms ...