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Why do spiders come indoors in the autumn?

4th September, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 60 Comments bath, frankie howerd, spiders, tegenaria

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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Agoraphobics count ‘insects’ inaccurately

1st November, 20091st October, 2015 Matthew Chatfield 4 Comments

Invert charity Buglife has published the results of its autumn Spider Survey, and managed to garner a few column inches.

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Hello darlin’: get yer jaws round this!

27th July, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

At the risk of turning this blog into a Boydathon, The Ranger is unable to resist this awesome photo of

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Giant, venomous, invading alien spiders… again.

10th May, 200912th September, 2016 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments exaggeration, lies, massive animals, media, newspapers, spiders

Oh, no! An Australian town has been terrorised by giant, venomous spiders. Newspapers all around the world are recounting the

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Spider bites: look on the bright side!

18th October, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

Symptoms of spider bites can include fever, itching, swelling and stiffness. Or so they say – luckily in the UK

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Spider vs. Bee… BBC vs. National Geographic

28th July, 20081st June, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 76 Comments america, attenborough, bee, national geographic, photography, spider, tv

When I was young I enjoyed greatly the diverting summer sport of tossing hapless invertebrates into spiders’ webs and seeing

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Spider lane prank: the author speaks

24th February, 200810th November, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Back in May 2007 The Ranger’s Blog featured an unusual road-sign about spiders – go and have a look if

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The elusive spitting spider is seen in action… but s-l-o-w-l-y.

8th July, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments scytodes

One of the books which inspired in The Ranger his lifelong affection for spiders was The World of Spiders by

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You bad plant!!

16th June, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment plants, spiders

The Ranger obtained a little Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) plant from a local garden centre to see if it would

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Spiders that are much too cute to bite you!

19th May, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

After an almost unhealthy preponderance of postings about invertebrates that bite and sting – or look as though they might,

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