Growing as big as a person’s palm, fishing spiders — the largest spiders in Minnesota and the Midwest — can make people jump, startled by their size and speed. “It’s a very big, intimidating spider,” ...

(WJW) — Wildlife experts call it Ohio’s “most aquatic” spider — and it’s very clear why once you learn all the acrobatic tricks this eight-legged critter can conjure up while lurking on the water’s ...

They may appear to be passively relaxing, but they are actually feeling for aquatic insects, tadpoles or even tiny fish. A six-spotted fishing spider sits on a lily pad in August. Note the front legs ...