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04 July 2013
Spider Webs Use Electrostatic Charge To Effectively Catch Insects
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A study from biologists in University of California, Berkeley, shows that spider webs use the electrical charge in insects to help better ...
17 August 2012
New Spider Family Trogloraptoridae Discovered In Oregon
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This is a male Trogloraptor photographed in the lab. Credit: Griswold CE, Audisio T, Ledford JM The spider family Trogloraptoridae is a...
02 July 2012
Brown Widow Spiders Invade Southern California Displaces Black Widow Spiders
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The Brown Widow Spider (Latrodectus Geometricus) is one of the widow spiders under the genus Latrodectus. It is related to the black widow ...
08 May 2012
New Species of Trapdoor Spider Discovered: The Auburn Tiger Trapdoor Spider
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Male specimen of Myrmekiaphila tigris Credit: J. Bond Trapdoor Spiders are cataloged under Family: Ctenizidae. In 1985, Robert Raven tr...
01 April 2012
Kinds of Spiders and the Secret Behind The Strength of Their Webs
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Spiders weave their own silk to build webs. It is this silk that is known to be one of the strongest materials to exists. On a pound per po...
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