Compare that to your average huntsman spider, which can have a leg span of up to 15cm, according to the Australian Museum. Australia's largest orb weaver, the giant golden orb weaver, also has a ...

Spiders are great. They keep mosquitos at ... of the time about a foot underground in a silk-lined burrow. The golden silk ...

Dominating this picture, a giant orb-weaving spider, (Mongolarachne jurassica) having spun a web amongst the Ginko baiera twigs, has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis).

These spiders are commonly confused with golden orb spiders, but garden spiders are smaller and lack the golden sheen on their webs. You may also hear these arachnids referred to as the zipper ...