Spiders

Huge, nasty Fishing spiders are popping up all over Wisconsin, but are they actually dangerous?

Let's get started by asking you to think about yourself for a moment. Do you have any phobias? Up until this morning, I figured the percentage of Americans with phobias had to be around 50 percent...but it turns out I was way off on my guess.

While we complain about the cold, and the lingering winter-like conditions, we may be forgetting that at least frigid Northern Illinois weather keeps the bugs away...for the most part.

Here's how to gauge your own level of arachnophobia: if you said "Wow, what a colorful and interesting specimen," you've got a pretty small case of spider-phobia, if at all.

A brave soul opted for a photo of this satanic-looking monster versus burning their garage to the ground

Wolf spiders do not like being cold so they will make their way into your home if they are able to do so.

If you guessed "the two-legged kind," you would technically be correct. We humans pose a lot more danger to each other than animals do, but we're talking about four legs (mostly), fur (sometimes), and fangs here.

It's not that our two states don't agree that there are insects that should be hated, it's just that we disagree on which creep-crawly should draw the most disdain.

Happy Friday the 13th, get ready for some 8-eyed spiders.

Yeah, you're not crazy, you've been seeing more spiders than ever in Rockford lately and it's not going to stop anytime soon.