Spiders on the Green

Cann, AJ (2019) Spiders on the Green. Natural History Section Newsletter, Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society, Autumn 2019.

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Electric fields and ballooning in spiders

Morley, E.L., & Robert, D. (2018) Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders. Current Biology, 28(14), 2324-2330. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218306936

Fight!

Had to separate these two last night - it wasn't going to end well (for the big guy).

Pholcus phalangioides vs. Eratigena (Tegenaria) duellica.

Enoplognatha latimana - a new species of spider for VC55

Cann, A.J. (2019) Enoplognatha latimana - a new species of spider for VC55. Leicestershire Entomological Society Newsletter 61, 4-5. 

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Talking about Neriene montana

I led a wildlife walk this morning and found myself talking (in some detail :-) about spiders, specifically how Linyphiids hang from their hammock webs. This lady, somewhat surprisingly at eye level in a Scots Pine, illustrated my point nicely.

Neriene montana.