Essential Garden Spider Info
Garden spiders, also known as orb-weaving spiders or Araneidae, are common in gardens and outdoor areas. They are known for creating large, circular webs, which they spin to catch insects for food. While their size and web-spinning behavior can be intimidating, garden spiders are generally harmless to humans and can even be beneficial by controlling […]
What Are Garden Spiders?
We’ve all come across the striking garden spider, with its massive, circular webs and black-and yellow coloration. But what sets these spiders apart? Are they dangerous? Let’s find out. Appearance While there are many spider species that can set up in the garden, the species known as the garden spider has quite a distinctive appearance. […]
Four Surprising Uses For Spider Silk
Spider silk is one of the most interesting materials in nature. Pound-for-pound, it is tougher than kevlar, stronger than steel, and more elastic than rubber. On top of that, it also has antimicrobial properties. Researchers have been able to take this material and create optic fiber cables, violin strings and even bulletproof armor. But as […]
How Spider Silk Could Replace Plastics
Plastic pollution poses a great threat to our environment, but apparently, spider webs may be the answer to our problems. Despite all our technological prowess, we are still struggling to create materials that are as tensile as a spider web. This web is five times stronger than steel and this strength has been achieved through […]
Police Officers Admirably Fulfilled Their Duty To Serve And Protect The Public By Removing A Scary Spider From A New York Woman’s Home
When a warm and rainy spring season follows an unseasonably mild winter, residents of New York state should expect to find spiders within and around their homes during the summer and fall. Generally, adult spiders in temperate northern regions live for one year before dying from the freezing cold winter climate, but their developing offspring […]
Two Black Widow Spider Species Inhabit New York
Black widows are notorious for their highly venomous bites that can be fatal without medical treatment. It is widely assumed that black widows only inhabit the southern states, but this is definitely not the case. The US is home to three black widow spider species and two additional widow spider species from the Latrodectus genus. […]
Man Transports Hundreds Of Spiders From His Infested Home To A Local Gym
Dangerous spiders are not much of a problem in upstate New York, as the relatively cold climate in the region does not favor the survival of many of the most venomous species, including recluse species. The northern black widow is one of the most dangerous species in the US, and while this species does inhabit […]
Two Relatives Of Black Widow Spiders Can Be Found In All Upstate New York Homes
The United States is home to three documented black widow species. These species include the western black widow, the southern black widow and the northern black widow. Of these three species, the southern black widow inflicts the greatest amount of medically significant bites to humans, but all three species are considered medically important. The southern […]
As Seasons Grow Longer, Spiders Are Growing Larger
The world is facing many potentially cataclysmic issues today, such as the changing climate and the negative effects that it is having, and will continue to have on the world’s diverse ecosystems. Most experts agree that the global climate has been altered by destructive human activities, such as environmentally damaging industrial processes. Scientists from many […]
The Many Expert Theories On Why Humans Commonly Fear Spiders
For reasons that experts have yet to fully understand, spiders are a common object of fear for humans. Most people who suffer from arachnophobia will tell you that their fear of spiders stems from their perception that spiders are otherworldly and hideous looking. But spiders are just as odd looking as any other arthropod, so […]
