Household spiders are generally not dangerous, but to keep your mind at ease, follow this cheat sheet of the most common home and garden spiders.

As you might be able to deduce from its name, the brown recluse spider is a brown-colored spider. It is around 0.35 inches long and boasts long legs and three pairs of eyes.

Webs of a different color. The brightly colored jorō is thought to have been accidentally introduced to the United States in 2014 via a shipping container from East Asia, where the species is native.

Using color and patterns to mimic and dazzle Although many spiders sport dull shades, several species come clad in bright colors and eclectic patterns that help get their prey to come to them ...

Most web spiders do some form of ballooning, but the Joro spider will leave from an elevated spot. If its silk gets long enough, winds can carry it 100 miles or more. CONTRIBUTING Jordan Mendoza ...

Joro spiders will eat whatever lands in their web, which mainly ends up being insects. That could mean they'll compete with native spiders for food, but it might not all be bad — a Joro's daily ...

When you’re deep cleaning, you’ve probably mindlessly cleared away a cobweb in the corner of the ceiling. And understandably so — spider webs don’t exactly add to your home’s aesthetic ...

Joro spiders will eat whatever lands in their web, which mainly ends up being insects. That could mean they'll compete with native spiders for food, but it might not all be bad — a Joro's daily ...

Joro spiders will eat whatever lands in their web, which mainly ends up being insects. That could mean they'll compete with native spiders for food, but it might not all be bad — a Joro's daily ...

Joro spiders will eat whatever lands in their web, which mainly ends up being insects. That could mean they'll compete with native spiders for food, but it might not all be bad — a Joro's daily ...