This photograph belongs to the Entomological Society of America; Greene and others and was shown by Wired.com. It’s a 4-acre spider web. It’ll come as no surprise that when the Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Planet discovered this web back in 2009 that they had to call for help. Scientists estimated there were over 107,000,000 spiders living […]
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That time the sky was full of spiders
This happened. Not one for anyone suffering arachnophobia. The film was taken by a 20-year-old web designer who was leaving an engagement party. Experts are not surprised it happened; this is how these spiders hunt. Deborah Smith, an entomologist at the University of Kansas who specializes in social spiders told press; “The spiders in the […]
Are ecologists putting giant spiders in a pool near you?
It’s unusual to see conservation efforts for invertebrates but unless you’re arachnophobia the program to save great raft spiders should be good news. The great raft is the largest native breeding species of spider in the UK and can grow up to 8cm. They are able to glide across the surface of water – and […]
