#spiders
Pets & Animals | Animals
Spiders about to invade Brit homes as mating season kicks off - how to repel them - Mirror Online
With September just around the corner, it means spider mating season is almost here and that terrifying time of year has almost arrived when they pop out of nowhere to sprint across the floor or hang dauntingly above us
Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot
Study Finds Spiders Are Victorious in Battles Against Snakes | Mental Floss
A recent study looked at hundreds of records of spiders killing and eating snakes—even snakes many times their size.
Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY
The Reason You Shouldn’t Kill the Spiders in Your House, According to an Entomologist | Mental Floss
Even if you don’t usually see them, spiders are likely always in your house. And they’re paying rent, sort of.
Science & Technology | Science
Spider silk is five times stronger than steel—now, scientists know why | Science | AAAS
Thousands of tiny nanostrands make up larger silken “cables”
Pets & Animals | pets and animals
Brown recluse, black widow and other dangerous spiders found in the US | Fox News
A look at some of the most venomous spiders found in the United States and what symptoms appear if you’re bitten.
News | Interesting Links
Male brown widow spiders fancy older females—even though they’re likely to get eaten | Science | AAAS
Scientists can’t explain the curious behavior
Pets & Animals | Animals
Newfound spider species masquerades as a dried-up leaf
In the animal kingdom, sometimes the best survival strategy is to pretend to be something you're not — either to ambush unsuspecting prey or to convince predators that you're not very tasty
Pets & Animals | Animals
Fish-eating spider dolomedes briangreenei discovered | BGR
Well hello there, friend! Who's a cute little aquatic arachnid? Yes, the creature you see above is a spider that can actually surf on top of waves and hunt for a wide variety of animals including not only insects but also fish and toads.
Pets & Animals | Animals
Australia spider may be new species of deadly funnel-web
Australian scientists have discovered what could be a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider, after finding a large specimen living in a national park. The 50-millimetre (two-inch) spider found in Booderee National Park near Jervis B
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
27 Reasons You Shouldn’t Move to Australia! | Ripbird
Australia may seem like a nice place and it truly is, there are quite a few things that you may want to know about it first before thinking of moving there, such as it having some of the most extreme climates out there. It’s also a country known to have some of the most dangerous creatures in the world!
