Spiders in the News

From British Arachnological Society

Introduction

This is an archive of older news articles, which have been featured on the front page.

Please note that because many of these links are now quite old, some may no longer be valid.

Articles archived May 2013

	Zombie Spiders (!) - Statesman 29th Dec'12
	Brian Patrick spider research - Daily Republic 27th Dec'12
	Red-back spiders in Japan Update - NZWeek 26th Dec'12
	Spider silk to treat nerve damage - DW 21st Dec'12
	33 new trapdoor spider spp. in US - Science Daily 20th Dec'12 with photos - Wired Science 21st Dec'12 named after Barack Obama - Live Science 26th Dec'12
	Spider decoy in web - Wired Science 18th Dec'12 - New Scientist 20th Dec'12 - Epoch Times 24th Dec'12
	Dustin Wilgers spider research - McPherson Sentinel 14th Dec'12
	Arachnid care of eggs is a tactic for seduction and survival (see also Science Daily 10th Oct below) - Agencia Fapesp 5th Dec'12
	Bugs on drugs and other extraordinary experiments - Wired 3rd Dec'12
	City-dwelling spiders getting bigger - The Age 3rd Dec'12 Climate Change and spider size - National Geographic May'09
	Spiders as pest control - Daily Bhaskar 2nd Dec'12
	Jumping spider adapts to life in space (insert "giant leap" puns here...)
	Norman Platnick interview and AMNH Spiders Alive! exhibition (extended to 6th Jan 2013)
	Spider silk puts off insects from eating Trophic cascade theory vindicated!
	Hawaiian insects and spiders studied for biodiversity American Scientist article Journal of Arachnology paper on Hawaiian Tetragnatids
	Researchers synthesize new kind of silk - using music? - Science Daily article

Articles archived March/April 2013

	More on the Fen Raft Spider
	New spider for Britain found in Glasgow -Scottish Invertebrate News New spider for Britain found in Glasgow - Buglife
	Spider silk v. Hagfish mucus...(about 15min into the programme)
	Wayne Maddison on jumping spiders His Borneo blog in Scientific American
	Spider venom as painkiller - Science Museum exhibition
	Spinning webs on the One Show (BBC); about 18min in.
	- Dave Clarke at the London Zoo Arachnophobic? - Try the "Friendly spider programme"
	Maydianne Andrade, biologist, studies spiders - 3rd Nov'12
	Nine new Colourful Tarantulas Found in Brazil - 2nd Nov'12
	Cave spider found at RSPB Minsmere reserve - 2nd Nov'12
	House Spider video - watch online - (in last 10 minutes of the programme) - BBC AutumnWatch 1st Nov'12
	New Harvestman find, Paul Richards - listen online - (5 minute slot, 14 minutes into the programme) - BBC Radio 4 Saving Species 30th Oct'12
	In pictures: Close up with Britain's spiders - BBC 29th Oct'12
	World’s deadliest spider in Warwickshire - 19th Oct'12
	Red-back spider spreads across Japan - 18th Oct'12
	Why Spiders Have So Many Eyes - Live Science 17th Oct'12
	Expert in house spider warning in the Lothians and south of Scotland - BBC 16th Oct'12
	Australian huntsman spider found in cafe - 9th Oct'12

Articles archived Jan 2013

	Aged spiders weary of weaving wonderful webs - The Times Oct'12 Spiders' webs provide clues to aging - Science Daily - Link to Animal Behaviour
	2nd place for Lynx spiders in Small World photo comp Discover Magazine Wired Science
	Giant harvestman yet to be named - Science Daily 16th Oct'12 - Senckenberg 16th Oct'12
	The era of the spider's web - Guardian 14th Oct'12
	Spider Ancestor Had Big Brain - Science Mag 10th Oct'12 ...and small spiders' brains spill into their legs - DiscoBlog Oct'2011
	Spider silk could find use in biodegradable computer chips - Wired 15th Oct'12 Eco-Friendly Optics: Spider Silk - Science Daily 11th Oct'12
	Single Harvestman Dads Caring for Eggs Suffer No Disadvantages Despite Parenting Costs - Science Daily 10th Oct'12
	100-million-year-old spider attack found in amber - Fox News 9th Oct'12
	Rare spider creates web of controversy - Today 7th Oct'12
	The spiders hit by fatal courtship muddles - New Scientist 5th Oct'12
	Harvestmen '3D' artwork in Seattle! - 2 minute video of the whole mural - Sep'12
	Harvestman Drinks Nepenthes Flower Nectar - YouTube video Oct'12
	Spiders' design mastery allows for webs to stick to ground and elevated surfaces differently - Phys.Org 2nd Oct'12
	Return of the UK's biggest spider - BBC 4th Oct'12
	The UK's largest spider returns to Norfolk - Countryfile 4th Oct'12
	8cm spiders released into the British countryside by ecologists - The Telegraph 4th Oct'12
	Captive breeding and re-introduction of Fen Raft Spider, Helen Smith - listen online - (6 minute slot, 22 minutes into the programme) - BBC Radio 4 Material World 4th Oct'12
	Re-introduction of the Fen Raft Spider in Suffolk - listen online - BBC Radio 4 Saving Species Oct'11
	The Horrid Ground Weaver, Plymouth - listen online - BBC Radio 4 Saving Species Sep'11
	Appreciation of spiders, Lawrence Bee, British Arachnological Society - listen online or podcast - (5 minute slot, 26 minutes into the programme) - BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live 29th Sep'12
	Decorative spider webs attract dinner - BBC Sep'12
	US road scheme halted by rare spider - Sep'12
	Peacock Spider 5 - Incredible Peacock Spider display - with links to previous videos - Youtube video
	Wasp hunts redback spiders - Science Alert Sep'12
	UK's rarest spiders fostered by zoos in bid to save them - BBC radio interview Sep'12
	Raft Spider information - BBC
	DEEP FOSTERS ENDANGERED SPIDERLINGS - The Deep Aug'12
	Zoo aims to save UK's rarest spiders - Stourbridge News Aug'12
	ZSL London Zoo fosters endangered baby Fen raft spiders - ZSL London Zoo Aug'12
	Rare fen raft spiders breeding in Suffolk - BBC Jul'12
	New Genus of Velvet Spider Named after Lou Reed - Sci-News May'12 (full paper in Arachnological Links - Zookeys May'12)
	Snakes Minus Birds Equals More Spiders for Guam - Science Daily Sep'12
	Harvestmen '3D' artwork in Seattle! - Daily Mail Sep'12
	House Spiders in September - Guardian Sep'12
	New species of blind huntsman spider - Science Daily Aug'12
	Female spiders produce mating plugs - Science Daily Aug'12
	Most stretchable spider silk - Science Daily Feb'12
	Raindrops on spiders - Wired photos
	Jumping Spider experiment chosen for Space Station - CNN and video - NY Times
	Wasp Spider Argiope Bruennichi - Guardian Country Diary Aug'12
	Furrow Orbweb Spider Larinioides cornutus - Guardian Country Diary May'11
	Spider basic facts and Spiders Alive Exhibition at American Museum of Natural History, New York - You Tube video
	Norman Platnick - Goblin spiders research and fieldwork - You Tube video
	Norman Platnick - Profile and Planetary Biodiversity Inventory project - You Tube video
	New family of spider in US - Trogloraptor - Wired Science
	New family of spider in US - Trogloraptor - BBC Radio 4 Interview
	Spider named after Sir David Attenborough - BBC TV News and Interview
	Bigger chelicerae improve jumping spider’s mating chances
	Spiders target mate-luring signals from 'vibrating' insects
	A vegetarian jumping spider ?

Articles archived April 2012

	Bugs stalk spiders under cover of the wind. Bug turns the table on spiders - Alternative website
	CT scans of fossil Harvestmen.
	Ladybird Spider introduced to Arne reserve. BBC One Show video Britain’s rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle SRS page for the Ladybird spider.
	Artificial skin from spider silk.
	Rare spider found at Scottish reserve. SRS page for Heliophanus dampfi.
	Jumping spiders as mimics.
	Black Widow males prefer well-fed females. Link to paper
	Spiders suffer from human impact.
	Effect of age on weaving skills.
	Hi-tech imaging of fossil spiders. Imaging video (for hi-def you should have been at the AGM!)
	Imaging spider's beating heart. BBC's report
	Second-rate mimics?
	Social Huntsman spider.
	Physical gills and the Water spider. ...Science's take on it... ...and Nature's.
	Tarantulas eject silk from their feet! Earlier article on spiders producing silk from their feet... ...or do they?
	Scorpion venom pesticide.
	Is the Brown recluse spider expanding its range?
	Spiders on the Space Shuttle.
	Jurassic Nephila. Link to the full article.
	No more hands-on spider surveys?
	Wolf spiders as ladykillers.
	Female spider's mating preference depends on how hungry she is...
	Notable spider found at RSPB reserve. Link to the Spider Recording Scheme page.

Articles archived Dec 2011

	Fossilised spider and fly relationship.
	European tick established in UK.
	Webs festoon trees after flood.
	Mosquito eating spider. Link to Science Now. Another link.
	Ancient chitin.
	Spider's shell retreat.
	Spiders adjust their signals to suit the medium. Another link
	Bacteria control spider gender ratios. Full paper. Also see Nottingham Uni's work on Wolbachia.
	People not born scared of spiders?
	Wasteful killing in Black widow spiders?
	Spiders play at mating. [1]
	Rare fenland spider re-discovered. Video
	Salticids used in vision experiments.
	Spiders in competition with carnivorous plants.
	Goblin spiders (and Dracula orchids)
	Raft spider release. Dolomedes plantarius Website.
	Wasp spider male mating strategy.
	Can venom save lives?
	Giant web - BBC article. Wired Science
	Giant females, dwarf males.
	Artificial silk, again
	Females fight by different rules: Video Science Daily article Discovery article
	Viscoelastic explanation of web stickiness (for the physicists and engineers amongst you) Webpage article. Further article.
	Spider silk storage How spiders create silk threads
	Zodarion as choosy eaters
	A miscellany of videos on spinning spider silk: Silk from milk BBC Bang goes the theory Madagascan tapestry at the AMNH
	Argiope avoids incest Science
	Nephila feeding Argyrodes?
	BBC One Show Ladybird Spider (and other videos) 2001 paper on Ladybird spider genetics
	Strength of spider silk
	Bug turns the table on spiders - Alternative website - Link to original paper
	Download article on silver coloration in spiders and fish Download paper on coloration due to guanine
	165M year old spider fossil - Nature Wired
	R Walton's videos of jumping spiders H Metzner's Salticid pages Peckhamia - Info and video on Salticids
	Rickettsia infection and spider dispersal Download paper on bacterial infection and spider dispersal
	Effect of kinship on subsocial spider behaviour Paper
	Evolution of the "Happy Face" spider ; Understanding Evolution Website Download paper on Happy Face polymorphism
	Vegetarian spider; New Scientist: Nature Download paper on nectar eating spiders
	Capturing dew - another use for a web
	Ineffective crypsis of Misumena vatia
	Decorated webs explained? Link to Daiquin Li's BioMed profile
	Giant orb-web spider article : Paper