Archive of: Spiders
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08 February 2021
Courting Danger
Most, if not all spiders employ some form of courtship when wooing a prospective partner.
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13 October 2020
Why don't spiders get stuck in their own webs?
Why don’t spider get stuck in their own webs? Charlotte Owen explains.
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10 October 2020
Attack of the Eight-legged Ladies
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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09 October 2020
Living with spiders
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
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11 May 2020
What was seen on furlough
It’s surprising what you can find in even the smallest urban garden.
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31 October 2019
Eight legs good? Jumping Spiders
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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14 October 2019
Britain's Heaviest Spider
The Four-spotted Orbweaver Araneus quadratus is Britain’s heaviest spider, coming in at a whopping 2.5 grams.
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10 August 2018
Wasp Spiders
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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18 June 2017
Surface Tension
Great news as the UK’s largest spider has been found at a new site in Sussex
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21 September 2016
Into the jaws of death
Female wasp spiders can be seen in Sussex hanging in their large orb-shaped web in grassland from April to October?
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12 October 2014
Spiders around your home
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27 April 2014
The X-Files
Author Graeme LyonsEcologistTwo days. Two different invertebrate surveys. Two Xysticus crab spiders that I've not seen until now. Now by far the commonest Xysticus is Xysticus cristatus and you have to look through a lot of these to find the less common