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Not so sweet after all: are candy-striped spiders a threat to ecosystems across North America?

webfull — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:48:18 +0000

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 Ecology took a closer look into this spider’s behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.

Published: 19 April 2023

Spiders caught in a web of Internet lies

webfull — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:40:20 +0000

It’s no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including Catherine Scott, Postdoctoral Fellow in 9I��’s Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don’t blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods—or anything else for that matter—and always consider the source.

Published: 8 September 2022

Spiders caught in a web of Internet lies

webfull — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:45:07 +0000

Published: 1 September 2022

The spiders who came in from the cold

webfull — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:30:22 +0000

A sprawling study of spiders across northern Canada has turned up more than 100 species in provinces or territories where they had never before been recorded. The findings, by researchers from 9I��, provide a valuable new benchmark for monitoring biodiversity across Canada’s vast northern expanses.

Published: 29 October 2018

Pesticides: more toxic than previously thought?

webfull — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:35:06 +0000

Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed.

Published: 6 August 2015

The personalities of spiders

webfull — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:35:01 +0000

Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their personality type, will capture more prey than others, and will therefore have a larger effect on local ecosystems.

Published: 6 August 2015

9I��������� News - spiders

Not so sweet after all: are candy-striped spiders a threat to ecosystems across North America?

Spiders caught in a web of Internet lies

Spiders caught in a web of Internet lies

The spiders who came in from the cold

Pesticides: more toxic than previously thought?

The personalities of spiders

9I�� News - spiders