Are spiders afraid of conkers?
I doubt there’s a spider enthusiast who is not familiar with enquiries about how to keep spiders out of the
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Spiders
Autumn mowing? Look out for spider egg sacs!
I was out looking at a site preparing for an autumn cut. Hopefully we will get it done before it
Read morePrepare yourselves for the crazy spider story season
It’s that time of year again, when the media warms up for a summer of ‘False Widow’ scare stories. Not
Read moreThis spider is pretending to be a beetle
Jumping spiders are known to imitate ants – and some of these clever mimics can be found in the UK.
Read moreSpiders by post – that’s got to be cruel, hasn’t it?
In a bizarre news item, the BBC reports: A man has admitted sending a rare venomous spider in a package
Read moreAn enormous jumping spider
Jumping spiders are, on the whole, pretty tiny things. And I say ‘pretty’ deliberately as they are amongst the cutest, funniest and
Read moreIs Eresus the cutest spider on earth? Send me to find out.
The worlds’s cutest spider. It’s a hard-fought contest, with the jumping spiders invariably on the podium. But I’ve got a
Read moreMore names! More names!
My favourite British spider – at least in theory, never having seen one – is the ultra-rare Ladybird Spider, of
Read moreAnt vs. Spider
Thought I’d gone? Not really. Although I’m now even more of a virtual ranger than I ever was. Meanwhile, spiders!
Read moreWhy do spiders come indoors in the autumn?
A perennial question on this site’s popular Ask the Ranger facility is “Where do spiders go in the winter?” (So
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