Spider News
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By AFP
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The world's oldest known spider has died at the ripe old age of 43 after being monitored for years during a long-term population study in Australia, researchers said Monday.
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By AFP
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Two teams of scientists on Monday unveiled a "missing-link" species of spider with a scorpion-like tail found perfectly preserved in amber in Southeast Asia's forests after at least 100 million years.
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A 49-year-old woman took a nap on her veranda and she woke up with a headache. It turned out to be a large spider inside her ear.
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We've all heard that spider mating rituals are fraught with danger, especially for the males. Sometimes the female gets the munchies afterward, and he turns into a snack. Sometimes the male "castrates" himself, plugging the female to stop future mating.
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A woman ended up seeking out medical attention for noises that only she could hear. When doctors examined her, they found a live spider in her ear canal.
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After having sex, the male coin spider chews off its own genitals. In the past, the emasculation was just considered a strange evolutionary phenomenon.
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British pop singer Katie Melua went to the doctor on October 27, because she heard a rustling in her ear. It turned out to be a spider living in her ear.
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Silk is of great value but it does not always make for the robust clothing. Scientists have genetically engineered silk worms to manufacture a tough, strong and durable form of silk.
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A woman from Kansas is facing an arson charge after she lit a small fire with towels in order to catch a spider and kill it.
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What is the best way for a male spider to mate with a female spider? Bringing along food wrapped in silk does the trick, according to a new study.
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A housewife is too scared to sleep in her own bedroom because she ended up in intensive care after she was bit by a false widow spider.
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Black Widows have been discovered in grapes across the states of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri and Pennsylvania.
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A woman in the United Kingdom was halfway done with a banana when she noticed some spots on the skin. It ended up being spiders.
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Every year, Nikon sponsors a contest for microscopic images to showcase "the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope." Here are some of the entrants for this year's contest, from terrifying spiders to awe-inspiring minerals.
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An entomologist has come across a remarkable specimen of amber, in which a fossilized spider is shown attacking a wasp. The piece of amber is over 100 million years old.
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A rare spider species, believed to be extinct in the last 30 years, was found in road infrastructure work in Bexar County in San Antonio. The finding caused a major delay in the project, becoming a roadblock in the area's busiest intersection.
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A new, very long-legged species of spider, dubbed 'Bigfoot', has been found in southwest Oregon by a group of citizen explorers.
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A woman who reported at China's Changsha Central Hospital, complaining about itching in the left ear, was terrifed when doctors told her that the cause of the itching was a spider that had been living in her ear canal for five days.
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Sir David Attenborough, the distinguished naturalist and wildlife documentary film maker, has received the honor of having a newly discovered species named after him: an Australian spider.
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A Florida woman says she received an unexpected, and very unpleasant, surprise when she opened a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli for lunch. As she bit into one of the pasta pockets, she alleges a large spider was inside.
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A researcher at a Japanese university has created violin strings from spider silk, and many people are impressed by the sounds.
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Spiders are well-known for their ability to spin webs which are strong and made of adhesive qualities, however one spider has been discovered to possess the "most stretchable" egg sac silk tested to date.
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A New Jersey man spends a lot of time outdoors, collecting the central pieces for his works of art - the webs of spiders.
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Brown recluse spiders, known for their necrosis-inducing bite, may expand to other part of the US due to global warming, a new report shows, leading to a possible increase of bite misdiagnoses already occurring outside the spider’s endemic area.
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Yellow-sac spiders, who like to build webs in the emission systems of Mazda6 cars, have led to a recall of about 65,000 vehicles.
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A man who was trying to kill a spider in his bathroom was blown off his feet and ended up in hospital with flash burns to several areas of his body.
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After a nude romp in the waves at Northland Beach in New Zealand, a tourist got more then he bargained for when a Katipo spider bit him on the penis as he sunbathed au naturel at a popular spot for locals and vacationers.
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It can grow to the size of the average human hand and is exactly what you would picture an overtly large spider to look like.
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Researchers recently identified the world's first vegetarian spider in the jungles of Central America. The spider's diet consists almost entirely of plant buds.
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UK singer David Bowie has every reason to be proud of his famous name. But for it to be used to name a recently discovered specie of spider in Malaysia, it would most definitely entangle Bowie in a WEB of bewilderment.
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Spider Image
Sir David, with his spider AAP
A wasp's unique adaption of the ovipositor. Niclas Fritzén, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi
This colorful spider is not Larinia jeskovi.
Even if you're afraid of spiders, you have to admit this one is beautiful. We found this little guy in the rain forest near my house.
The Dolomedes briangreenei is the newest addition to the arachnid world. Queensland Museum
Picture of a spider in its web - Spider is in focus Lytro - Eric Cheng
Jumping spider's eight eyes. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Karthik Easvur
The cobalt blue tarantula, scientific name Haplopelma lividum, is a tarantula species (family Theraphosidae) that is native to Myanmar. Peter Coxhead
The Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) is a spider species of the family Pisauridae. Mathias Krumbholz
Scientists are still discovering new species of Jumping spider; this male Habronattus mataxus photographed at Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi, Texas. is not quite full-grown. Thomas Shahan/Flickr.com
Close-up of the cephalothorax on Eriophora sp JJ Harrison
The only fossil ever discovered that shows a spider attacking prey in its web Oregon State University
Katipo spider is an endangered species of spider native to New Zealand. Wikipedia
Waitrose delivered an online order to a London home with an unwanted hitchhiker in the bananas. Screen grab
The female Katipo spiders have a distinctive black body with a white bordered red stripe on its back. North of 39°15'S females do not have a red stripe and are all black.
The male is much smaller than the female and quite different in appearance, being white with black stripes and red diamond shaped markings. Unlike many spiders the female Katipo does not kill its mate after breeding. Wikipedia
Trogloraptor marchingtoni (Male) from M2 Cave, Oregon Griswold, Charles; Audisio, Tracy; Ledford, Joel
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IMG_2110 - Spider, packaging ant (cropped image)
Picture of a spider in its web - Spider is not in focus Lytro - Eric Cheng
Goliath Birdeater Media News
The common house spider Dr. Lee Ostrom
Nefertiti ("Neffi"), the world's first 'spidernaut'. Smithsonian
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