In the past 25 years, the giant house spider has established itself in the Pacific Northwest. (discovermagazine.com)
Researchers have sequenced full genomes of three species — the golden orb - weaver, the African social velvet spider, and the common house spider — and have done more limited genetic and protein studies on many others. (sciencemag.org)
THE American house spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) produces a web with adhesion that can be strong enough to stick to a wall or weak enough to detach from the ground and thus act as a spring - loaded trap for walking prey. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)