Meet the venomous Maine spider that comes out in the winter

Meet the venomous Maine spider that comes out in the winter

This story was originally published in March 2024. Arachnophobes may have thought snow- or ice-covered terrain in the state were safe spaces away from spiders. They are wrong. Turns out there is a rather large spider native to Maine that hangs out next to water and is not above taking a stroll across the ice or snow in the winter when temperatures rise above freezing. This is the fishing spider, also known as eight-legged anglers. It’s possible,…