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, ...

WASHINGTON — They look like scary spiders, live in the dark and can jump more than a foot with each hop. Plus, they scare the heck out of people who are squeamish about bugs. "They're a menace to ...

When it's time to design new robots, sometimes the best inspiration can come from Mother Nature. Take, for example, her creepy, but incredibly athletic spider crickets. Johns Hopkins engineering ...

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 ...