Courting Danger
08 February 2021
Most, if not all spiders employ some form of courtship when wooing a prospective partner.
Archive of: Spiders
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Why don't spiders get stuck in their own webs?
13 October 2020
Why don’t spider get stuck in their own webs? Charlotte Owen explains.
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Attack of the Eight-legged Ladies
10 October 2020
This month ends with Halloween. Outside, the undead patrol the streets. My advice is to lock your doors, close your curtains and turn off the lights. But what if the very thing that you’re most terrified of is locked in the house with you?
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Living with spiders
09 October 2020
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
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What was seen on furlough
11 May 2020
It’s surprising what you can find in even the smallest urban garden.
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Eight legs good? Jumping Spiders
31 October 2019
Jumping spiders may seem like a terrifying prospect but they are among the tiniest of our 650 native spider species - and arguably the cutest.
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Britain's Heaviest Spider
14 October 2019
The Four-spotted Orbweaver Araneus quadratus is Britain’s heaviest spider, coming in at a whopping 2.5 grams.
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Wasp Spiders
10 August 2018
The world of invertebrates is a strange one indeed. Full of illusion and deception, things are often not as they seem and a prime example of this is mimicry.
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Surface Tension
18 June 2017
Great news as the UK’s largest spider has been found at a new site in Sussex
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Into the jaws of death
21 September 2016
Female wasp spiders can be seen in Sussex hanging in their large orb-shaped web in grassland from April to October?