Sightings of these spiders in the university’s library basement prompted staff to close the library for two days. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mediterranean-recluse-spider-venomous-university-of-michigan.html
Tag: Spiders
A tiny spider can spin different types of web for land, air and water
Most spiders build one type of web, but a tiny spider on a Pacific island has adapted to build three different kinds depending on where it finds itself on a given day Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267975-a-tiny-spider-can-spin-different-types-of-web-for-land-air-and-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Some spiders use their silk to hoist helpless prey so it cannot escape
Common spiders sometimes capture prey much larger than themselves, and they use many strands of silk to lift their prey off the ground and render it helpless Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266333-some-spiders-use-their-silk-to-hoist-helpless-prey-so-it-cannot-escape/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Hundreds of ‘highly cannibalistic’ spiders invade teen’s bedroom in Australia
Extreme heat in Australia can send spiders scurrying for indoor shelter, and one family found themselves with a few hundred new roommates. Source: https://www.livescience.com/huntsman-spiders-babies-bedroom.html
Huntsman spiders stitch leaves together to trap tree frogs
In Madagascar, huntsman spiders have been seen making traps out of overlapping leaves where tree frogs tend to hide, and then eating the frogs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264277-huntsman-spiders-stitch-leaves-together-to-trap-tree-frogs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Some male spiders tie up females before mating to avoid being eaten
Thanatus fabricii spiders forego courtship dances: instead, they attack females and bind them with silk before mating, perhaps because the females would otherwise eat the males Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259794-some-male-spiders-tie-up-females-before-mating-to-avoid-being-eaten/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Here are 3 amazing feats of spiders
Halloween time is spider time. Three amazing spider skills you might not have known about. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/three-amazing-feats-of-spiders…
Look Ma, no ears! Teensy spiders hear with organ on their legs
Though known for their huge eyes, ogre-faced spiders also “listen” for their prey. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ogre-faced-spider-hearing.html
Which insects have the worst stings?
Some of the most painful stings come from tarantula hawk wasps, warrior wasps, and bullet ants. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/which-insects-have-worst-painful-stings…
Australian stinging tree injects animals with spider-venom-like toxin
Australian stinging trees, species of which can grow up to 35 metres tall, inject toxins that cause pain in the same way as animal venoms found in spiders and scorpions Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254611-australian-stinging-tree-injects-animals-with-spider-venom-like-toxin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…