They have some black markings, too. However, these are hard to see without a magnifying glass because the spiders are so small. The red-backed jumping spider is striking indeed! It has a black ...

This juvenile Ecuadorian red bloom tarantula (Pamphobeteus ... defensive pose warned the photographer to stay back. He discovered the spider while hiking through the jungle at night in La Maná ...

But just because the "Spider-Man spider" is a hoax, that doesn't mean there aren't real and wild, vibrantly red-and-blue-hued spiders that genuinely exist in the arachnid world. Also found in ...