The pest goes by many names. I have a friend who calls them mutant spiders. The exterminator at my neighbor's house calls them criders. The bug is also called spider cricket, spricket, cave cricket ...

If you've never seen a spider cricket before, consider yourself lucky. As its name suggests, this long-legged insect resembles a cricket with a bit of spider thrown in. They like to hang out in cool, ...

Although not often thought of as cuddly creatures, some insects are inviting themselves to get cozy inside Lehigh Valley homes as the weather turns colder. Described as “creepy and extremely fast,” by ...

The other night, I was thumbing through a book on freshwater invertebrates (my typical exciting evening). Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of the cats stalking something across the living room ...

Michael Kasumovic receives funding from the Australian Research Council for his evolutionary research on crickets and spiders. Jumping spiders are unique in the spider world as they don’t build webs - ...