If you’re not a fan of creepy, crawling critters then we probably can’t keep you from squealing at the mere sight of an insect, even if it’s a spider named for the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter.

The triangular creature resembles the Hogwarts “sorting hat” that’s used to place young wizards and witches into their respective school “houses.” The spider has been named Eriovixia ...

A new spider species found in the central Western Ghats in Karnataka, India, bears an uncanny resemblance to the sorting hat in the Harry Potter films. The spider, Eriovixia gryffindori ...

Researchers have named a newly discovered species of spider after the famous hat since studying the bizarre-looking arachnid found in southwest India. Researchers in Mumbai officially named the ...

A newly discovered spider that looks like the famed "sorting hat" of "Harry Potter" fame has the name to prove it. Eriovixia gryffindori shares a shape similar to the hat that in the wizarding ...