Research published in Ecology took a closer look into the candy-striped spider鈥檚 diet and behaviour and found that these spiders use a variety of tactics to take down prey much larger than themselves, including sleeping bees and wasps.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2023
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 鈥� for fear they鈥檒l be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Research published in Ecology took a closer look into this spider鈥檚 behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.
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Published on: 19 Apr 2023
It鈥檚 no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including , Postdoctoral Fellow in 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don鈥檛 blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods鈥攐r anything else for that matter鈥攁nd always consider the source.
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Published on: 8 Sep 2022
It鈥檚 no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including , Postdoctoral Fellow in 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don鈥檛 blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods鈥攐r anything else for that matter鈥攁nd always consider the source.
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Published on: 1 Sep 2022
