Why 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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The Ventilator
Incorporating The Ranger's Blog
Spiders
Agoraphobics count ‘insects’ inaccurately
Invert charity Buglife has published the results of its autumn Spider Survey, and managed to garner a few column inches.
Read MoreHello darlin’: get yer jaws round this!
At the risk of turning this blog into a Boydathon, The Ranger is unable to resist this awesome photo of
Read More![Robertwhyteus at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/naturenet.net/blogs/wp-content/uploads/Theraphosi.jpg?resize=760%2C445&ssl=1)
Giant, venomous, invading alien spiders… again.
Oh, no! An Australian town has been terrorised by giant, venomous spiders. Newspapers all around the world are recounting the
Read MoreSpider bites: look on the bright side!
Symptoms of spider bites can include fever, itching, swelling and stiffness. Or so they say – luckily in the UK
Read MoreSpider vs. Bee… BBC vs. National Geographic
When I was young I enjoyed greatly the diverting summer sport of tossing hapless invertebrates into spiders’ webs and seeing
Read MoreSpider lane prank: the author speaks
Back in May 2007 The Ranger’s Blog featured an unusual road-sign about spiders – go and have a look if
Read MoreThe elusive spitting spider is seen in action… but s-l-o-w-l-y.
One of the books which inspired in The Ranger his lifelong affection for spiders was The World of Spiders by
Read MoreYou bad plant!!
The Ranger obtained a little Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) plant from a local garden centre to see if it would
Read MoreSpiders that are much too cute to bite you!
After an almost unhealthy preponderance of postings about invertebrates that bite and sting – or look as though they might,
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