9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ News - candy-striped spiders /channels/news_feeds/all/term/candy-striped%20spiders/rss en Not so sweet after all: are candy-striped spiders a threat to ecosystems across North America? /channels/channels/news/not-so-sweet-after-all-are-candy-striped-spiders-threat-ecosystems-across-north-america-347859 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="bl-tpl">For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment. Even in their sleep, pollinating insects cannot catch a break – for fear they’ll be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Research published in <i>Ecology </i>took a closer look into this spider’s behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.</div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/figure4_catherinescott.jpg?itok=2-ftlBSv" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:48:18 +0000 webfull 189095 at /channels