A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

This super beast is called the ‘Wasp Spider’ because of its striking yellow and black stripes. This animal is a good mimic looking rather like a common wasp which makes it obvious to predators ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

the walnut orb-weaver spider, wasp spider, black lace-weaver, the cross spider, the giant house spider and cellar spider, lace-webbed spider, the zebra-back spider – and even the innocuous ...